Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Jean Wu
Submission Date March 7, 2025

STARS v3.0

Franklin University Switzerland
AC-8: Responsible Research and Innovation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Dave Mills
Dean of Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs
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8.1 Published ethical code of conduct for research

Does the institution have a published ethical code of conduct for research?:
Yes

Online location of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
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Copy of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:

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Points earned for indicator AC 8.1:
1

8.2 Recognition of integrated, community-based, and extra-academic research

Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to integrated research?:
No

Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize integrated research:

 

 

 


Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize integrated research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
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Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to community-based research?:
No

Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize community-based research:
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Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize community-based research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
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Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to research impact or reach outside of academic journals?:
Yes

Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals:

This is in section 2.1.6.3 of the attached Faculty Manual – Category B of professional engagement

 


Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Yes

If Yes to any of the above, provide at least one form of evidence (website URL or document). If reporting on multiple guidelines or policies, provide the best available example and/or a website that provides an overview of promotion/tenure for academic employees. 

Online location of the institution’s promotion/tenure guidelines or policies:
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Copy of the institution’s promotion/tenure guidelines or policies:

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Points earned for indicator AC 8.2:
1.50

8.3 Inter-campus collaboration for responsible research and innovation

Does the institution participate in one or more inter-campus research collaboratives or networks to promote responsible research and innovation?:
Yes

Description of the institution’s inter-campus collaborations for responsible research and innovation:

https://www.fus.edu/intervalla/about-intervalla

 

Intervella is a platform for intellectual exchange. It is an open-access journal that strives to provide a forum for scholars from all fields to test and circulate thoughts on contemporary matters of human experiences. The journal is peer-reviewed and published annually. Each volume focuses on a theme and is edited by volume editors. 

Ethical Research: 

Authors are expected to follow the highest standard of code of ethics in their scholarly work. Any conducts that deviate from the ethical research principles such as plagiarism and data manipulations are not tolerated.


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Points earned for indicator AC 8.3:
1

8.4 Support for open access publishing

Does the institution offer repository hosting that makes versions of journal articles, book chapters, and other peer-reviewed scholarly works by its employees freely available on the public internet?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access repository:
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Does the institution have one or more published policies that require its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
No

Do the open access policies cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
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Text or online location of the institution’s open access policies:
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Copy of the institution’s open access policies:
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Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access APC fund:

The university is working on this for next year’s library budget, but it is not in place this year.


Does the institution negotiate or participate in transformative open access agreements that are consistent with ESAC guidelines?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s transformative open access agreements with publishers:

The university is working on this for next year’s library budget, but it is not in place this year.


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Points earned for indicator AC 8.4:
0

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:

Franklin University Switzerland has established a Research Ethics Committee, which includes guidelines for ethical research, a submission process, and a review process. This effort is in cooperation with HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich. 

 

 


Additional documentation for this credit:
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