This edition of the Journal of Research Administration explores the above tensions and highlights the benefit these tensions bring in every age to the fundamental definition of all forms of research that can be understood best as “genius becoming innovation.” The exploration, even celebration, of these tensions is part of the living heritage that the Society of Research Administrators International continually provides to our profession. Beginning in 2002, SRA scholars slowly and decidedly fashioned over the years a curriculum in research ethics that is unique and unprecedented among all of the academies associated with research leadership, administration, and management. SRA’s efforts in this area have led to unique educational and publishing opportunities that provide a mature appreciation of the ethics formation context out of which compliance service is best understood and practiced. Hence, this edition of the Journal provides a number of articles that explore both of these deeply related areas. Each of the articles to follow addresses some aspect of education and scholarship in research ethics and what is also referred to more commonly as the responsible conduct of research, or research integrity. Each touches upon the challenges of compliance with ethical standards. Yet each also asks us to look more deeply into the meaning of these standards. The articles to follow ask us to question within ourselves the impact that such standards make upon our human thought processes, our imaginations, our understanding of self and others, our interactions, and upon the very character of our being as women and men.