For research involving human participants, the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK has issued a set of guidelines on the ethical principles to be followed.
Ethical review in Finland depends on whether the research is medical or in the scope of human sciences.
Medical research
The Medical Research Act and Decree (488/1999) regulate medical research involving human beings.
According to the Act, medical
Alleged violations of research integrity (so-called RI violations) are investigated in the research organisation where the alleged violation occurred. The process of handling alleged violations of research integrity, or the RI process, must be followed in
Guidelines for the responsible conduct of research and for handling allegations of misconduct (the RCR guidelines) have been published by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, which is appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in
Here you will find short videos produced by TENK for teaching purposes. In addition to Finnish and Swedish, the videos are available in English, French and Russian.
Videos on Research Integrity (RI)
Good research practices
In English: Good research
On this page you will find TENK's guidelines and other publications in PDF format. Text-only versions of central publications are available on separate pages.
GUIDELINES
Research integrity and research misconduct
The Finnish Code of Conduct for
Ethical review means advance scrutiny and evaluation of a research plan in the light of the ethical practices generally followed in that particular discipline of science, with special emphasis on preventing any harm that the research or its results might
In Finland, for research to be ethically acceptable and reliable and for its results to be credible, the research must be conducted according to the Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (PDF). In line with the European Code of Conduct for
Due to the corona virus pandemic, the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK has decided to reschedule the ENRIO 2020 Congress on Research Integrity Practice to next year.