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- | ====== | + | ====== Anti-Corruption Policy ====== |
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+ | Nested Knowledge will not tolerate bribery and corruption. | ||
===== I. Scope ===== | ===== I. Scope ===== | ||
- | This policy applies to Nested Knowledge employees, sub-contractors, | + | This policy applies to Nested Knowledge employees, sub-contractors, |
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+ | ==== Customer Personal and Financial Interests ==== | ||
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+ | Nested Knowledge delivers software services to companies engaged in biomedical research, which may include pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, | ||
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+ | The research conducted by our customers may influence the following: | ||
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+ | * payer reimbursement for drugs, devices, and other interventions. | ||
+ | * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by the FDA | ||
+ | * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by governing bodies outside of the United States. | ||
+ | * bids awarded to contract research organizations | ||
+ | * publication success in medical journals | ||
+ | * grants awarded to research investigators | ||
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+ | ===== II. Anti-Corruption Policy ===== | ||
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+ | **Risk of Corruption: | ||
- | ===== II. Anti-Bribery Policy ===== | + | Nested Knowledge has a duty to to prevent staff from modifying data, to avoid harming the research integrity, and to protect the confidentiality of the research projects underway. We examine these risks below: |
- | Health Care Professionals (HCPs) may benefit financially from research demonstrating favorable outcomes for drugs, devices, or other interventions, | + | ==== Manipulating Data ==== |
- | Government officials | + | If a customer explicitly grants a Nested Knowledge staff member access to their nests, there is a risk the staff may manipulate collected data for their personal or financial gain. This includes changing |
- | Additionally, | + | ==== Violating Confidentiality |
- | ===== III. Ethical Misconduct Policy ===== | + | A Nested Knowledge staff member may maliciously obtain access to user research projects " |
- | Employees who suspect ethical misconduct may report it anonymously through a form. The reports will be receipted by at least three Nested Knowledge staff members. | + | All Nested Knowledge staff sign Non-Disclosure Agreements and received training on [[https:// |
- | A report of misconduct, via any mode of communication, | + | ==== Compromising Research Integrity ==== |
- | <WRAP center round info 70%> | + | Nested Knowledge prohibits staff from advising customers on collecting data in a misleading or biased manner, such as encouraging customers to: |
- | Report ethical misconduct | + | |
- | </ | + | |
+ | * manipulate the search strategy to exclude particular articles | ||
+ | * create overly-selective exclusion criteria | ||
+ | * recommend a meta-analysis of inappropriate study types | ||
+ | * skip the selection of certain endpoints | ||
+ | * compare certain therapies, leaving other comparators that would be appropriate. | ||
+ | * convey numerical difference as statistical difference | ||
+ | * select subgroups inappropriately | ||
- | ===== Policy Enforcement and Review ===== | + | ===== III. Policy Enforcement and Review ===== |
- | This policy will be updated on an annual basis. | + | This policy will be updated on an annual basis. |
- | ===== . Revision History ===== | + | ===== Revision History ===== |
^Author^Date of Revision/ | ^Author^Date of Revision/ | ||
- | |K. Cowie|03/ | + | |K. Cowie|03/ |
+ | |K. Kallmes|03/ | ||
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