Nazarbayev University strives to foster an atmosphere of honesty and trust in which knowledge can be pursued. Research integrity forms the foundation of respect among faculty members, students, and staff, and between the academic world and the general public. Nazarbayev University expects all its faculty, staff, and students to carry out their work according to the highest ethical and professional standards.
Definitions:
● Research: All basic, applied, and demonstration research in all fields of science, engineering, and mathematics, including, but not limited to, research in economics, education, linguistics, medicine, psychology, social sciences, and statistics, and research involving human subjects and animals.
● Research misconduct: Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in the proposal, performance, or review of research, or in reporting research results.
● Fabrication: Making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
● Falsification: Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
● Plagiarism: The appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.