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- Faculty Responsibilities and Student Rights: A Case Study for Performance and Discussion
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Authors: Pimple, Kenneth D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Set in a busy lounge where graduate students and faculty mingle, three graduate students have a discussion about questionable faculty behavior at their college....
Year: 1998
URL: http://mypage.iu.edu/~pimple/mentor.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:03
- Mentoring: Diversity
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Authors: Korenman, Stanley G. ; Shipp, Allan C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Case on mentoring dealing with sexism in a lab....
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/Diversity.htmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 11:23
- Crashing into Law
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An engineering graduate student objects to the use of a model as evidence in a trial....
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/4802.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-07 15:45
- Mentoring Scenerio 6
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Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As an untenured assistant professor, you have been asked by your department to mentor two students. As the year progresses, you find that you cannot effectively deal with both students and do all the research that is needed to prese...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/mentoring/scenario6.cfmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:12
- Responsible Mentoring, Disabilities
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Authors: American Physical Society
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A young graduate student in the middle of his thesis research is diagnosed with a chronic disease that leads him to be absent from the laboratory for extended periods of time, and he falls behind in his research. This causes a probl...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/mentoring/disabilities.cfmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:17
- The Hardware Lab
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Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: How does a new teaching assistant handle a student with a learning disability? What responsibility does the university and/or faculty members have to train a graduate student in the universities policies? This case explores the pote...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/gradres/gradresv5/hardware.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 14:34
- O, What a Tangled Web We Weave!
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case discusses the need for clarification of what is expected of a mentor, an advisor or a supervisor to a graduate student, the differences between mentors and advisors and the need for improved communication between both part...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/tangled.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 12:52
- How Much Help Is Too Much?
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A mentor tries to help a student having troubles in his studies by helping him out on tests, adding him as an author on a paper when the student's own experiments fail, and assisting him during his dissertation. How far is too far w...
Year: 2002
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/help.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-21 14:26
- Pressure From Consulting
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Authors: Meyer, Albert R. ; Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Ethical issues that arise when a supervisor requests a student's help and the student feels as if she cannot say no....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/consult.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 14:18
- The Endless Dissertation
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise when a thesis supervisor demands significantly more work after the student thinks the draft is complete....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/endless.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:23
- Confidentiality vs. Mentor Responsibilities: A Conflict of Obligations
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dr. Ethicos has reviewed a paper for a prestigious journal that has promise but is fraught with problems. After sending back her extensive comments she considers that graduate student in her lab could possibly do some research on th...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/conflictobligations.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-22 11:42
- The Admissions Committee
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case is a discussion about affirmative action, graduate education and graduate research; the case raises questions about the responsibilities of university research in society and issues surrounding student-mentor relationships...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/admissions.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:13
- The Allan Mathers Case
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Authors: Pimple, Kenneth D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Allan Mathers, a graduate student in developmental psychology, is asked by his mentor to observe a young child for a study on observing and documenting second language acquisiton among pre-school students. When both he and the pre-s...
Year: 2000
URL: http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1342&context=esenceBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:19
- Mentoring Scenerio 1
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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.cfmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:03
- The Infinite Thesis: Introduction
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Authors: Riggs, Todd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: How should a student approach a master's thesis with respect to advisor and student expectations? This paper looks at how a thesis at MIT can be drawn out due to miscommunication and hidden agendas. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/thesis.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:43
- Sherry's Secret
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Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case questions the ethics of a mentor using the work of a doctoral student's work as his own. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/gradres/gradresv2/sherry.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:07
- Responsible Conduct of Research Role-Plays: Mentoring
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Authors: Loui, Michael C. ; Gunsalus, C. K.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is one of a series of nine scenarios developed by Michael Loui and C. K. Gunsalus, which asks students to act out a case study looking at the ethical issues raised in mentoring relationships between students and advisors. This ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/21520.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-30 15:05
- Mentoring Scenerio 4
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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.cfmBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 17:06
- Responsibilities to Undergraduate and Graduate Students
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case discusses issue regarding professors' responsibilities for helping their undergraduate and graduate students understand the material they are being taught, specifically advising and providing resources for tutoring. Commen...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/responsibilites.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 14:19
- Ethics Case Studies - Student Edition
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Authors: Doss, Heide ; Popkin, Gabriel ; American Physical Society, Task Force on Ethics Education
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This guide includes a set of case studies from physics research with an activity and discussion guide for courses and seminars in science ethics....
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/upload/Ethics-Case-Studies-Student-Edition.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2012-06-05 11:59
- Ethics Case Studies - Teacher Edition
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Authors: Doss, Heide ; Popkin, Gabriel ; American Physical Society, Task Force on Ethics Education
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This guide includes a set of case studies from physics research, each of which includes an activity and discussion guide for courses and seminars in science ethics....
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/upload/Ethics-Case-Studies-Teacher-Edition.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2012-06-05 11:50
- Ownership of Knowledge and Graduate Education
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case raises issues about the responsibility of advisers to graduate students and post-docs, the responsibilities of those advised or mentored, research directors' management of power, ownership of ideas and grounds for recognit...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/ownership.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 14:40
- The Alex Saunders Case
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Authors: Pimple, Kenneth D.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Alex Saunders decides to enter a Ph.D program in psychology even though she only wants to pursue a master's in the field, and lands her dream opportunity to work with a faculty member who is highly respected in the field, but is ext...
Year: 1999
URL: http://mypage.iu.edu/~pimple/amecase.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:18
- The Missing Step
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise when researchers discover a mistake in the data or method used in a paper already published....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/missing.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 10:24
- Confidentiality Concerns
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A professor reveals partial results of a graduate student`s preliminary exam to another student. ...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/confidentiality.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-07 14:25

