The institutional and government obligation to refrain from interfering in the conduct or publication of research, or in the teaching and discussion of scientific ideas.
Adapted from: David B. Resnik: Glossary of Commonly Used Terms in Research Ethics. National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National Institutes of Health, May 2015, https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/glossary/index.cfm
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