{"id":412,"date":"2017-03-30T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/prevention\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:58:44","slug":"prevention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/research-institute\/prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing Misuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basic Policies for Preventing Misuse of Public Research Funds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NPO Consortium TIES Research Institute has been selected as a research institution stated in the Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research(KAKENHI) Handling Regulations, Article 8.2 by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) as of February 2, 2016. Based on the &#8220;Guidelines for research institutions to manage and audit the public research fund (implementation standards),&#8221; we have created basic policies to prevent irregularities and strengthen the observation of management and operation in relation to the usage of the research fund as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">March 18, 2017<br>\nYasunori Yanagisawa<br>\nCheif Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(1)Clarification of responsibility-taking system<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Director shall be designated as Chief Administrator.<br>\nSenior Administrator shall be designated as Director of Research Institute.<br>\nVice-chief Director shall be designated as Compliance Promotion Manager.<br>\nExecutive Director shall be designated as Research Ethics Education Manger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff1cRelated regulations\uff1e<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/10_kenkyujissi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Practice for Research in the Research Institute utilizing KAKENHI<\/a>&nbsp;(Japanese only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(2)Developing an environment to underpin adequate operation and management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set action guidelines for researchers as a code of conduct for research activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff1cRelated regulations\uff1e<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/33_kenkyusyanokodoshishin-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Researcher Action Policy<\/a>&nbsp;(Japanese only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(3)Understanding the factors causing irregularities and establish and implement plans for the prevention of misuse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Establish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/201703_fuseiboushi_kihonhoushin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plans for the Prevention of Irregularities<\/a> and promote its implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff1cRelated regulations\uff1e<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fuseiboushikitei.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulations Regarding the Prevention of Fraudulent Research&nbsp;Activities<\/a>&nbsp;(Japanese only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(4)Action for adequate operation and management of research grants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To prevent the fraudulent purchase of supplies, Secretariat staff shall conduct inspections. Suppliers involved in the illicit transactions shall be imposed a penalty such as being suspended from further transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff1cRelated regulations\uff1e<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170318_syobunhoushin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disposal Policy of Suppliers Involved in the Illicit Transactions of Public Research Funds<\/a>&nbsp;(Japanese only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(5)Establish a system to secure information transmission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Establish a single point contact in the secretariat for consultation concerning the use of public research funds, emergency calls, and other situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3010Contact\u3011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*See the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(6)Monitoring<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To ensure adequate operation and management of public research funds, viable monitoring shall be practiced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff1cRelated regulations\uff1e<br>\nCode of Practice in Internal Auditing of Public Research Funds (Private)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whistleblowing Reporting Office<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Internal Reporting Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Internal Audit Office<br>Consortium TIES, Specified Nonprofit Corporation (NPO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mirai Education Co-Creation Center, Room 504 (5th Floor)<br>Osaka Kyoiku University, Tennoji Campus<br>4-88 Minamikawahori-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0054, Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: koueki@cties.jp<br>(Please remove the underscores (_) before and after the @ symbol when sending your email.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subject: NPO Consortium TIES Whistleblowing Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fax: +81-6-6718-5073<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Office Hours<br>Monday\u2013Friday, 10:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM (Japan Standard Time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closed on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese national holidays<br>Year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 \u2013 January 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Person: Kitao<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">External Reporting Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attn: Mr. Shinozaki<br>Japan Educational Technology Consulting LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9-3 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0084, Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: koueki@edtec.co.jp<br>(Please remove the underscores (_) before and after the @ symbol when sending your email.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subject: NPO Consortium TIES Whistleblowing Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Person: Shinozaki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Policies for Preventing Misuse of Public Research Funds NPO Consortium TIES Research Institute has been  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":438,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-412","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32953,"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions\/32953"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cties.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}