Ethics and integrity should be intertwined within the concept of Responsible Research. Integrity Officers should also be Ethics Officers, enforcing compliance with rules and norms, but also raising awareness on the meaning of ethics in researchers’ daily work. Paul Ricoeur’s definition of Ethics – “the aim of living a good life with and for others in just institutions” (Ricoeur in Oneself as Another. University of Chicago Press, 1994) –, points out the relational dimension of Ethics that matters to all the stakeholders in scientific research. The dialogical interaction between Ethics and Integrity can help to prevent researchers from assuming self-regulation as the only possible path to be followed. In this paper, the challenges and the opportunities posed by this approach will be outlined and discussed, mainly, the challenges of building trust bottom up, while setting up restrictions to comply with rules and norms top down. Concerning the opportunities, the focus will be on making better science and building a solid network among the various stakeholders of the research system.

道德和诚信应该在负责任研究的概念中交织在一起。诚信官员也应该是道德官员，强制遵守规则和规范，同时提高研究人员日常工作中道德含义的认识。保罗·利科 (Paul Ricoeur) 对道德的定义——“在公正的机构中与他人一起并为他人过上美好生活的目标”（利科《作为他人的自己》。芝加哥大学出版社，1994 年）——指出了道德的关系维度，它对所有人都很重要。科学研究的利益相关者。道德与诚信之间的对话互动有助于防止研究人员将自我监管视为唯一可能遵循的途径。本文将概述和讨论这种方法带来的挑战和机遇，主要是自下而上建立信任的挑战，同时自上而下设置限制以遵守规则和规范。关于机会，重点将是更好地开展科学研究并在研究系统的各个利益相关者之间建立牢固的网络。