Reputation and credibility are vital to an organization's success. This webcast focuses on discussing issues and concerns related to ethics, values, potential causes and establishing an effective training program. Multiple accrediting programs including TNI's laboratory and field standards require laboratories to have a documented "ethics training" program addressing ethical dilemmas and improper, illegal, and unethical practices. How does management implement these requirements? What is a culture of integrity? How do managers instill a proper decision process in staff and spot potential vulnerabilities? This workshop helps answer these questions. It provides valuable information on proper practices, conduct, and techniques to help resolve ethical dilemmas, and stresses practicing "ethics at the bench". Discussion topics include potential causes of scientific misconduct, examples of improper practices, differentiating between proper and improper practices, and proper scientific decision making as well as specific practices designed for early detection and prevention of laboratory wrongdoing. Real life examples of ethical dilemmas are presented as well as actual situations and the outcome of proper decision making and poor decision making.
Requirements for external ethics program training and any external resources available to employees. How to provide a procedure for confidential reporting of data integrity issues in their laboratory.The differences between improper, illegal, and unethical practices and laboratory errors. How the TNI data integrity requirements can protect the laboratory from a bad judgement by an employee. Root causes of improper practices and techniques to avoid or discourage them. What "cherry picking" is and how to avoid it. The differences between improper practices and fraud. The importance of clear and accurate records. How to be alert and sensitive to actions by staff that may be improper, illegal or in violation of ethics policies and practices. How to identify occurrences of departures from the management system or from the procedures for performing tests and how to initiate actions to prevent or minimize such departures. The procedures used to protect laboratory customers' confidential information, including procedures for protecting the electronic storage and transmission of results. How to recognize activities that could diminish confidence in the competence, impartiality, judgement or operational integrity of the laboratory. The relevance and importance of his or her activities and how they contribute achieving the objectives of the management system. The organization's mission and its relationship to the critical need for honesty and full disclosure in all analytical reporting, and how and when to report data integrity issues.
Quality Managers, Technical Managers, Laboratory Managers, Laboratory Assessors, Analysts, Data Users, Laboratory Owners
Data Integrity Specialist
3 hours
Jack Farrell
Jack Farrell has more than 40 years of experience in the environmental industry as an analyst, QA professional, technical and general manager of small, medium and large commercial laboratories. He is an experienced environmental manager, laboratory chemist, trainer, and auditor. Mr. Farrell holds degrees in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) and Chemistry and is a professional trainer, consultant and third party assessor for a number of state and federal regulators. Jack Farrell is a Senior Environmental Analyst, President and Founder of Analytical Excellence, Inc. (AEX). Since its inception in 1993, AEX has been an independent strictly confidential consulting firm specializing in environmental laboratory operations, analysis and matters concerning the generation of analytical data to support effective compliance decision-making and aspects of litigation. AEX's clientele consist of well-known small and large laboratory companies, instrument manufacturers, engineering firms, state and federal regulatory agencies and legal practice firms.
Jack Farrell has more than 40 years of experience in the environmental industry as an analyst, QA professional, technical and general manager of small, medium and large commercial laboratories. He is an experienced environmental manager, laboratory chemist, trainer, and auditor. Mr. Farrell holds degrees in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) and Chemistry and is a professional trainer, consultant and third party assessor for a number of state and federal regulators.
Jack Farrell is a Senior Environmental Analyst, President and Founder of Analytical Excellence, Inc. (AEX). Since its inception in 1993, AEX has been an independent strictly confidential consulting firm specializing in environmental laboratory operations, analysis and matters concerning the generation of analytical data to support effective compliance decision-making and aspects of litigation. AEX's clientele consist of well-known small and large laboratory companies, instrument manufacturers, engineering firms, state and federal regulatory agencies and legal practice firms.
