THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Graduate Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries- Volume 6, 2002

Author(s): Brian Schrag, editor (Association for Practical and Professional Ethics)

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

Bloomington, Indiana Prepared under NSF Grant No. SBR 941897

These cases and commentaries result from a series of workshops on Graduate Research Ethics Education, held at Indiana University, Bloomington, from 1996 to 2000. The project brought together many graduate and post-doctoral students in the natural sciences for a study of research ethics and reflects the experiences and problems they face. The project was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF Grant No. SBR 9421897) to the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE); The Office of Research, University Graduate School, and Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, all at Indiana University.

These cases are works of fiction which reflect the current state of scientific and engineering knowledge at the time they were written. Names, characters, and places are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

Volume 6

Section 1. Faculty Responsibilities

• Responsibilities to Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• Friendship vs. Authorship
• The Graduate Student Laborer
• The Under-Prepared Student
• Making the Grade
• How Much Help Is Too Much?
• Too Much Help Is Not Enough

Section 2. Collegial Relations and Research Collaboration

• Post-Doc Blues
• The Rat Race
• Richard's Radioactive Risk
• The Extended Project

Section 3. Authorship

• Left in the Dark
• Authorship

Section 4. Managing Grants

• Travel Funds
• Salary Offsets

Section 5. Research on Animals

• What Is Your Drive? Science or Ethics?

Section 6. Research in Industry

• The Lease of Their Problems

Section 7. Data and Subject Confidentiality

• Paper or Plastic? From Paper Records to Electronic Database
• A DNA Dilemma
• Share and Share Alike
• The Company That Cared Too Much

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