Graduate Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries- Volume 2, 1998

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

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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.

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Volume 2

Section 1. Authorship

• When in Rome: Conventions in Assignment of Authorship
• The Co-Authorship Controversy
• Sherry's Secret

Section 2. Intellectual Property

• Bad Chemistry
• To Review or Not: Reviewing the Competition
• New Technology -- Who Is the Designer

Section 3. Mentor Relations

• Questions on the Topic of Whistle Blowing
• Confidentiality Concerns
• Today's Specials

Section 4. Research on Animals and Humans

• Counting Sheep: Ethical Problems in Animal Research
• Changing the Subject
• Informed Consent and the Collection of Biological Samples from Indigenous Populations
• Scientific Research and the Autonomy of Indigenous Peoples: The Case of the Kennewick Man

Section 5. Compromising Research

• Beyond Expertise: One Person's Science, Another Person's Policy
• Crashing Into Law
• Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Industry Funding of Academic Research
• The Incomplete Technical Presentation

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