The Malaysian Educational Module on Responsible Conduct of Research aims to foster a culture of responsible conduct of research in Malaysia. The guide acknowledges that research is the key to becoming a high income nation, but irresponsible research is a global threat. The guide recognizes that a strong culture of responsible research conduct relies on good training programs for scientists. The guide was published as part of the Malaysia Education Blueprint, a ten year plan (2015-2025), aimed at training students to be more entrepreneurial and research oriented, while also promoting strong ethics.

The guide was created by the Young Science Network-Academy Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM), a youth network that led the bottom up development of these standards in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education. The guides were published in March 2018 and are available in English.  Although the guide is specific to Malaysia, promoting strong and responsible research cultures is applicable globally, and the bottom up development of the guide can be a model for other countries.