Evaluation & Assessment Bibliography Added03/26/2010 Updated09/16/2016 This bibliography includes resources for assessing students' competence in ethics as well as for evaluating the effectiveness of ethics instruction. It also has a section looking at methods for assessing the ethical climate of an organization. Author(s) Kelly Laas Year 2016 Read More
Instructor's Guide to Prepare Research Group Leaders as RCR Mentors Added04/08/2016Updated10/14/2016These materials are designed to provide motivation and content sufficient for an instructor to lead a workshop titled: “Mentoring for Responsible Research.” The long-term goal is to foster an environment in which research faculty are better empowered to initiate conversations within their research groups about the responsible conduct of research. Workshop participants are introduced to rationales, content, approaches, and resources so that they will have the means to develop and implement concrete, discipline-specific strategies for research ethics mentoring. Materials include a detailed instructor’s guide and templates for workshop syllabi that can be customized as needed. Author(s) Michael Kalichman Dena Plemmons Year 2016 More Info
Building on a Premature Claim: A Cautionary Tale Added08/17/2006 Updated12/02/2015 A scenario that covers ethical issues that arise when a researcher finds she cannot duplicate the research of others. Author(s) Albert R. Meyer Caroline Whitbeck Year 2006 Read More
Post-Doc Blues Added04/26/2006 Updated01/20/2016 responsible research, appe, reseth, student and post-doc authorship, authorship, acknowledgment, collaborative research, publication, credit This case discusses scientific relationships including adviser-graduate student; adviser-post-doc; and post-doc-graduate student. It also explores the relationship of one lab to another lab in the scientific community and intellectual property. Contributor(s) Brian Schrag Authoring Institution Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Year 2006 Read More
Heat Transfer Problem Added02/16/2006 Updated01/15/2016 An engineer, you work for a consulting firm responsible for the renovation of old office buildings for a military base. A new regulation concerning wall materials goes into effect next year. The wall you are working on will not meet the new regulations. Conflict arises when there are differing opinions regarding which regulations to follow. Author(s) Wayne Helmer Robert C. Walker Authoring Institution Zachry Department of Civil Engineering-TAMU Ethics Year 1995 Read More
Raising an Issue of Participation in a Professional Society (adapted from NSPE Case No. 82-7) Added06/10/2006 Updated12/10/2015 Ethical Engineering/Fair Trade This is an open-ended scenario for discussion based on a case from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review. An engineer actively participates in professional and technical societies. This participation accords with the policy of the engineer's employer, but the engineer's immediate supervisor tries to block or prevent some of these activities. Authoring Institution Online Ethics Center Year 1999 Read More
ORI offers RCR Instructor Workshop PostedThursday, August 17, 2017 AT 2:25 PM RCR Instructional Workshop Do you teach the responsible conduct of research? If the answer is "Yes," there's a special workshop designed especially for you. The Office of Research Integrity and the University of California San Diego are co-sponsoring a two-day, train-the-trainer workshop on September 12-13, 2017, in San Diego, California. The workshop will address the many facets of RCR instruction, including assessment, engaging students, educational resources, and teaching strategies. EARLY BIRD RATE: $500 AFTER AUGUST 10: $600 Register Now at https://www.regonline.com/registration/Checkin.aspx?Eventid=2023840 LOCATION: La Jolla Shores Hotel 8110 Camino Del Oro San Diego, California 92037 United States (855) 923-8058 Questions? Tracey.Randolph@hhs.gov Comments from past participants “I was prepared to be impressed, but I was seriously impressed.” “I have been running RCR programs in my own silo for ... Read More
Revitalizing Graduate STEM Education Call for Comment PostedMonday, August 14, 2017 AT 3:18 PM The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Revitalizing Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century invites your response to the Committee’s recently released Discussion Document and Call for Community Input. The Discussion Document outlines sets of competencies that may serve as core educational elements at both the master’s and Ph.D. levels. The Call for Community Input welcomes general reactions to the competencies and also provides questions for more specific feedback. The Discussion Document and Call for Community Input will remain open for comment until September 22, 2017. If you are interested in attending the Committee’s next meeting on September 14 from 1:30-5:00pm PST at the University of California, San Francisco, please use this link for in-person attendance or this link for information on the webcast. Please direct any questions about the Discussion Document, Call for Community Input, or ... Read More
Ethics Assessment of Research and Innovation: Looking to the Future - Brussels, Belgium 18-19 September 2017 PostedWednesday, August 2, 2017 AT 1:11 PM This conference at the MCE Conference and Business Centre in Brussels brings together all relevant stakeholder groups and experts to look at the future trends in the ethics of R&I. Conference topics include: --current ethical problems and issues in research and innovation; --standards, frameworks, and methods for enhancing ethics assessment of R&I; --ways to support the activities of research ethics committees; --policies to strengthen ethical R&I practices in the EU and beyond; --ethics of R&I for universities, industry, research funding organizations, and civil society organizations; --ethics of R&I in the humanities and social sciences, the engineering sciences, the computer and information sciences, the natural sciences, and the medical and life sciences; --methods for promoting social responsibility in R&I - i.e. ethical impact assessment. The conference will present results from the SATORI project. For more information visit the ... Read More