Just When Things Were Going Well…

Author(s): Ann Marie Stanley

You have just found out that your research advisor falsified some data for a grant proposal. He was given the grant and it has been the source of funds for your research project for some months now. You research is going well and starting to show some promising results.

What do you do?

This case is reprinted with permission from the cases found at the Center for Ethics in the Professions at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez.
 
Cite this page: "Just When Things Were Going Well…" Online Ethics Center for Engineering 2/14/2010 National Academy of Engineering Accessed: Sunday, May 19, 2013 <www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/22886.aspx>