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Missions

The Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee is responsible for:

• Propose a code of ethics and professional conduct and evaluate its implementation.
• To promote ethics in education and the role of ethics in scientific activity.
• Serve as a liaison with international partner institutions on issues of ethics and professional conduct.
• To make recommendations to the staff of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (Université Grenoble Alpes ) regarding the definition, justification, and implementation of rules governing professional ethics in higher education and research.
• Review cases that have been referred to the committee regarding the application of the rules of professional conduct.
• Prepare, monitor, and coordinate the work of ad hoc committees whose reports are presented at plenary meetings.
• Prepare the committee's working documents, opinions, and annual report.
• Disseminate information and implement staff awareness-raising initiatives (seminars, website, support for departments and laboratories).
• Establish a connection with the French Office for Scientific Integrity.

Composition

The Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee consists of fifteen members appointed by the president of theUniversité Grenoble Alpes , following approval by the Executive Board and the Academic Council. Its chair is appointed by the president of theUniversité Grenoble Alpes following the same procedure.

Referral to the Committee

Any member of the staff of theUniversité Grenoble Alpes , or one of its constituent institutions may submit a matter to the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee by sending an email to the committee chair (comite-ethique-deontologie@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) and the principal of the school to which the applicant belongs.