Just When Things Were Going Well...

Author(s)
Ann Marie Stanley
Parent Collection
Discussion Cases from the Center for Ethics in the Professions at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Authoring Institution
Center for Ethics in the Professions at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (CE-PRO)
Publisher
Online Ethics Center
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18130/23dc-2562
Rights
Use of Materials on the OEC
Discipline(s)
Research Ethics
Topics
Handling Misconduct Allegations
Research Misconduct
Case Study / Scenario
Description

A student discovers his funding is coming from a grant with falsified data.

Body

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?
Notes

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.

Citation
Ann Marie Stanley. . Just When Things Were Going Well.... Online Ethics Center. DOI:https://doi.org/10.18130/23dc-2562. https://onlineethics.org/cases/discussion-cases-center-ethics-professions-university-puerto-rico-mayaguez/just-when-things.