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The Millikan Case - Discrimination Versus Manipulation of Data

Authors: Goldfarb, Theodore ; Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the 1930s and 1940s, Robert A. Millikan was the most famous U.S. scientist of his time. He had won the Nobel Prize in 1924, largely due to his important and innovative measurement, carried out around 1910, of the charge on the el...
Year: 2000
URL: http://onlineethics.org/CMS/edu/precol/scienceclass/sectone/cs2.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-05 10:04

Scientific Misconduct and Science Ethics: A Case Study Based Approach

Authors: Consoli, Luca
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The article discusses the Schön case, in which a physicist was charged with 24 allegations of misconduct, and analyses the report of the official committee charged with the investigation. The author uses this case to show how daily ...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0051-6

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:09

Should Physics Students Take a Course in Ethics?--Physicists Respond

Authors: Thomsen, Marshall ; Wylo, Bonnie
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: A survey was conducted of physicists in order to gain an idea about attitudes held towards the inclusion of ethics in the physics curriculum. The authors found significant support among some groups, but significant barriers still ...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.physics.emich.edu/mthomsen/wylothom.htm
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0040-z

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:52

A Course Treating Ethical Issues in Physics

Authors: Thomsen, Marshall
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article describes a course focusing on ethical issues in physics that has been taught to undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan University since 1988. The course covers both responsible conduct of research and ethical issue...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0004-0

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:52

Editorial: The Ethical Import of Cold Fusion Controversy

Authors: Shamoo, Adil E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Editorial. Focuses on the research ethics of conducting cold fusion experiments. Importance of ensuring quality and integrity of research data in biomedical research; Issue of how science has dealt with the cold fusion controversy; ...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1080/08989620008573962

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:31

Confidentiality Scenerio 1

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a sixth year graduate student in the final months of your dissertation and are invited for an interview for a tenure-track appointment at a university you would love to work for. After your seminar on your research, the depa...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/interest/confidentiality.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 15:36

Confidentiality Scenerio 3

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A well-known physics theoretician is called by a experimentalist to discuss what appears to be a new discovery that supports the theorist's highly controversial approach to the problem. However, there is much more work that needs to...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/interest/confidentiality3.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 15:58

Data Handling and Record Keeping

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As a graduate student working in a lab where data is accumulated for the purposes of measuring the optical absorption of a variety of samples, you notice that some of the data published by the lab is not accounted for in the lab not...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/data/handling.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 16:04

Intellectual Property

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You have found a novel solution to an important problem posed by your advisor, who without your knowledge submits a paper based on your ideas and does not include you as an author. You approach the head of department with this issu...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/data/intellectual-property.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 16:09

Reporting Violations and Plagiarism

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a faculty mentor for an international graduate student in your department. He asks you to read an essay for another class before he submits it, and you find that large sections of the essay have been lifted verbatim from the...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/undergraduate/plagarism.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 16:15

Whistle Blowing

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A graduate student discovers evidence that her advisor has fabricated data in some of her published research, what should she do?...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/undergraduate/whistle-blowing.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 16:21

Education Research

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You have conducted research on the effectiveness of two different strategies for running recitation sections in large introductory physics courses. You would like to give a talk at the American Physical Society annual conference ab...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/human/education-research.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 16:35

Bias in Hiring

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a female physicist applying for a position you want very much at a prestigious albeit relatively conservative university. During the interview process you are asked about whether you have a husband or significant other in th...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/bias/hiring.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 16:52

Mentoring Scenerio 1

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You enter graduate school with two full years of support from a fellowship awarded by your undergraduate institution. You easily find a faculty member to work with. At the end of the second year, the faculty member tells you that sh...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/mentoring/scenario1.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:03

Mentoring Scenerio 4

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a minority graduate student who is having some trouble keeping up with your coursework because your undergraduate institution did not offer intensive courses in some upper level physics areas. A faculty member in charge of y...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/mentoring/scenario4.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:06

Authorship and Collaboration 1

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A dispute arises over the correct interpretation of data within a research group. When one member decides to publish separately, another member of the team contacts the journal to which the other researcher's paper was submitted, st...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/collaboration.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:22

Authorship and Collaboration 2

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are working in a collaborative research project with another lab located halfway across the country, so it is rare that you have the chance to interact in person. You notice some important physics that have been overlooked by y...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/collaboration-authorship.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 10:01

Conflict of Interest in Refereeing

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A young referee for a physics journal is coincidentally working on the same problem that appears in a paper he is sent to review. He gives a positive review of the paper, and then goes on to publish his own paper on the subject. Wh...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/refereeing.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 10:15

Credit for Work

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Your advisor is writing a paper with a colleague that is based on the results of a project you are working closely with her on, but you notice that you are not listed as an author. What do you do?...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/credit.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 16:40

Dual Submissions

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A young scientist who has just gotten a position at a government laboratory is urged by his group leader to submit a manuscript based on their joint work to a high impact journal. A few weeks later, his supervisor talks to him again...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/dual-submissions.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 16:44

Fabrication, Falsification, and Plagiarism

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a co-author of a recent paper that was rejected from a journal. The referee made a number of good points that called into question a section of a paper. Your co-author, who is responsible for rewriting this section of the p...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/fabrication.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 16:56

Long Distance Collaboration

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A multi-part case study looking at some of the issues that can emerge when two researchers decide to collaborate from a long distance away, including disagreements over the interpretation of data, and how to gracefully withdraw from...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/collab-distance.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 17:02

Peer Review

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In a discussion with your advisor he tells you that he is review a paper unfavorably because the group publishing the paper is in direct competition for funds with your research group, and undermining their work might benefit your ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/peer-review.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 17:10

Publication and Data Ownership

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student, getting impatient with his advisor who he thinks is taking too long to make certain of the correctness of their joint work experiment, submits a paper to a journal without telling his advisor, and listing his advisor as a...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/publication/data-ownership.cfm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 17:16

Interface with the Public: Signing a Petition

Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the eighties, President Ronald Reagan proposed building a missile defense system that would provide a defensive shield for the United States. Though the project would provide a large amount of funding for physicists, scientists, ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.iit.edu/~ethics/library/?q=node/add/biblio

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-12 17:42