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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). Volume 2 includes 17 cases exploring many aspects of res search ethics including publication ethics, ethics in the use of animals and humans in research, and conflicts of interest. Each case is accompanied by at least two expert commentaries.
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). Volume 3 addresses issues of publication, management of the lab, the responsibilities of managers/supervisors to students and post docs, integrity in research including human subjects.
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). Volume 4 addresses issues of research with human and animal subjects, collaborative research, authorship, mentorship, and professional responsibilities in consulting and as a public scientist.
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). Volume 5 addresses issues of human and animal research procedures, scientists's social responsibilities, authorship, and lab relationships between supervisors and students.
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). Volume 6 addresses issues of post-doc authorship and research, confidentiality, research ethics, and faculty responsibility to students and fellow researchers.
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). Volume 7 addresses issues of post-doc authorship and research, confidentiality, research ethics, and faculty responsibility to students and fellow researchers.
The cases reported on here all came to the attention of the IEEE Ethics Committee during the 1990s. Most came in via the ethics hotline, while the initial contacts for others was via communications addressed to authors of ethics columns that appeared in the IEEE Institute. Most of these cases have not been carefully investigated, although we are fairly confident that the essential information is correct. The outcomes of most of the cases are not known-in some cases matters are still in a state of flux.
This collection includes teaching materials, articles, and other resources developed by Dr. Ken Pimple, one of the first and foremost trainers in ethics education. Dr. Pimple served as the Director of Teaching Research Ethics Programs at the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University Bloomington. Among his many achievements, Dr. Pimple developed and led the Teaching Research Ethics workshop for over 20 years which attracted researchers and educators from many disciplines and from all over the world. Many of these materials can also be accessed via the TeachRCRus site that includes a blog and other materials on teaching research ethics.
A collection of case studies and background information about the historical case of the dumping of chemical waste and eventual cleanup of Love Canal in New York State.
This excellent volume, published in 1995 by Muriel J. Bebeau and Kenneth Pimple represents a seminal publication on teaching ethics whose instructional essays and cases are still being used today. The collection can be downloaded as a PDF or as individual cases or essays.
These 25 activities and programs were selected by an NAE committee for being exemplary in their approach to infusing ethics into the development of engineering students and were published in an NAE report, Infusing Ethics into the Development of Engineers: Exemplary Education Activities and Programs. These activites and programs were assembled to raise awareness of the variety of exceptional programs and strategies for improving engineers' understanding of ethical and social issues and to provide a resource for those who seek to improve ethical development of engineers at their own institutions. Several of the activities listed below include additional information, such as syllabi and rubrics, to assist in recreating or modifying the program for your educational purposes.
These 18 problems were originally developed as part of an NSF-funded project to create numerical problems that raise ethical issues for use in engineering and other course assignments. This project included a workshop held at Texas A&M University in August, 1995, under the direction of Professors Charles E. Harris and Michael Rabins. Additional cases and details can be found on the Texas A&M website.
Bibliographies serve as a gateway to key literature about a topic. Each bibliography includes links to major web sites, blogs, guidelines and regulations, as well as books and journal articles on the topic.
Subject aids serve as an introduction to a number of issues in science and engineering ethics. Each topic listed in the OEC has an accompanying subject aid that provides a short overview of the topic, links to key guidelines, and publications that help put the topic in context for STEM ethics, as well as links to larger bibliographies.
A collection of webinars sponsored by the Online Ethics Center.
Course materials from an experimental, graduate-level, interdisciplinary and inter-institutional, problem-based learning (PBL) course addressing "fractious problems" in science and technology offered in fall 2009 and 2010.
On the OEC you can find two versions of National Society of Professional Engineers, or NSPE, cases. The parent collection “Cases from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review” contains the original summary of an actual case brought to the NSPE Board of Ethical Review and the board’s conclusions. The parent collection “Professional Ethics in Engineering Practice: Discussion Cases Based on NSPE BER Cases” has adapted versions some instructors find easier for use in classrooms. The individual cases contain cross links in the notes. Additionally, the NSPE has a larger collection of cases available on their website at: https://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/ethics-resources/board-ethical-review-cases.
The Promising Practices and Innovative Programs in the Responsible Conduct of Research virtual workshop was held October 6, 7, 20, and 21, 2021. It provided a forum for interdisciplinary discussions of (i) effective strategies for building a culture of responsible conduct of research (RCR) and (ii) potential improvements and further research in the area. It also raised the visibility of selected exemplars of RCR programs for administrators and faculty who are charged with RCR education and compliance at the institutional level. This timely endeavor comes in the midst of a change in the focus of RCR/ethics education from “negative” approaches (preventing problems, ethics catastrophes, research misconduct, sexual harassment) to “positive” (cultivating behaviors and norms that emphasize research integrity, trust, and strong interpersonal relationships among researchers and coworkers). Incorporating this shift in perspective, the project aims to empower faculty and students to ask hard questions about research and to see ethics as an integral part of good research and practice, as opposed to merely responding to regulations and requirements.
Research, Ethics, and Society Cases provide starting points for discussion of the outcomes of new knowledge and innovation for society and the ethical obligations of researchers to society. Collectively these eight cases explore several themes in this broad area, and they introduce historical episodes in which research or researchers impacted public interests.
This resource collection was originally developed and maintained by Dr. Michael Kalichman, Director of the Research Ethics Program at the University of California San Diego. The collection includes an introduction to the major areas of responsible conduct of research, and a detailed discussion of the topic, related case studies, a summary of important laws and regulations related to the topic, and further resources.
This collection includes nine role-play scenarios on central topics in responsible conduct of research (RCR): authorship, conflict of interest, peer review, interpersonal conflicts in mentoring, data management and whistle-blowing, professional relationships and whistle-blowing, and compliance with regulations on human participants, animal subjects, and hazardous materials. Each scenario has a professor role and a graduate student role. The instructions for the two roles provide divergent perspectives on the same problem.
A collection of scenarios that discuss computers and Internet privacy, sampled from a publication of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB).
An extensive list of scenarios that are part of a modular sequence of materials on the responsible conduct of research. The materials support a series of activities for student-faculty learning.
A collection of pages describing recent and ongoing STEM education projects.
This collection lists individual resources about sustainability. The CEES Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society has gathered some of these resources in projects undertaken in partnership with the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC) and the University of Minnesota (UMN). A compilation of results from the UMN project is available on the OEC project page. To join the UNCC Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS), see the INSS Homepage.
