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The Family Problem

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario designed to stimulate discussion about ethical aspects of the supervisor-trainee relationship and family responsibilities....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/family.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 10:21

A Student's Experience of Sexual Harassment from a Teaching Assistant

Authors: Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A letter describing a student's experience of sexual harassment by a teaching assistant....
Year: 1991
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/11087.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-27 14:05

A Fruitless Thesis

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise in the supervisor-trainee relationship; namely, after reviewing a paper for a journal, a supervisor realizes that his student's thesis is fruitless....
Year: 1900
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/fruita.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 09:14

Your Supervisor's Recommendation for a Job

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise in the supervisor-trainee relationship; namely, a student is worried about the recommendation his advisor will write given present setbacks in his research...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/suprec.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 10:43

A Stampede of Zebras

Authors: Martin, R. G.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study in the form of a play, this engaging drama explores the issue of ethics in laboratory relationships. The link is to the full script of the play. A video of the play has also been produced by ISIS/STHV VIDEO of Duke Uni...
Year: 1991
URL: http://graduate.dartmouth.edu/docs/Stampede_of_Zebras.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-09 16:47

An Aborted Ph.D. Program

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An scenario designed to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise in advisor-adevisee relationship; a student and advisor disagree about whether work completed for a Ph.D. should count towards an MA....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/modindex/resethpages/aborted.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 09:21

The Graduate Student Laborer

Authors: Schrag, Brian
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case is a discussion on the responsibilities of research advisers and graduate students in regard to completing work related to research. It also discusses issues of authorship in regards to graduate students in laboratories. I...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/laborer.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 15:37

Whose Lab Is It?

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A graduate student is assigned a task by the professor in charge of the lab, but the suggested technique does not work. The student makes an independent decision to try another technique, which works, but is chastised by the profess...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/9757.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 13:35

Organic Reactions

Authors: University of Delaware, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Undergraduate Science Education Program ; White, Harold B.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Madge discovers that the project she has been working on is being published without her name because her research supervisor thinks her contributions do not merit coauthorship....
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.udel.edu/chem/white/HHMI3/OrganicRxn.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-08-28 10:33

The Jenny Ito Case: Getting Results - Dialogue Version

Authors: Pimple, Kenneth D. ; Bebeau, M. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The dialogue version of a scenario about a researcher who is faced with making a decision after her advisor asks her to modify the protocol to get results....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/ito.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 10:22

The Price (Giving Voice to Values)

Authors: Gentile, Mary C. ; Schnarch, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A graduate student working on his master's thesis is told by his mentor to massively alter his experimental data to report more favorable results than he actually got. Another colleague helping him with his thesis, tells him to not...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.babson.edu/GVV/Student/4_Individual-Cases-and-Modules/The-Price_A_S.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-10 15:35

The Slave Driver vs. the Lazy Student

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: What should a graduate student do when she thinks her adviser is improperly delaying her dissertation project? This scenario explores the complicated surrounding adviser/advisee relationships. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/slave2.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 16:16

The Hardware Lab

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.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 14:34

The Unknown Bacteria

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A professor charges for work done by his graduate student....
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/unknownbacteria.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-19 13:34

Getting a Recommendation

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario in which a PH.D. candidate needs recommendation letters and is unable to obtain them....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/rec.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 09:46

Oops--Broke Another One

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario in which a graduate student repeatedly breaks expensive laboratory equipment....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/oops.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 09:52

Gender Issues: Should You Find a New Supervisor?

Authors: Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about gender issues in the advisor-advisee relationship...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/gender_issues.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-29 16:27

Summer Vacation

Authors: Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise in the advisor-advisee relationship; namely, when it is appropriate to express concerns or disappointment to one's advisor?...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/summer.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 10:16

Tripped Up

Authors: University of Delaware, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Undergraduate Science Education Program ; White, Harold B.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Undergraduate Ernest Lee discovers that his results are too hot for public consumption and is told by his superisor, Dr. Greene, that he cannot present his research at a national meeting because they aren't ready to publish yet. (Sc...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.udel.edu/chem/white/HHMI3/TrippedUp.doc

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-08-28 10:27

Interviews

Authors: Weinberg, Robert A. ; Nichols, Eve ; Susskind, Lawrence E. ; Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ; Fink, Gerald R.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While trying to replicate an experiment done by a previous postdoc,Tom, Melanie Chang finds that she is unable to replicate his results and wonders if he might have fudged the data. She approaches her supervisor with her concerns, a...
Year: 9999
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Interviews.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-23 16:01

The Allan Mathers Case

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=esence

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:19

All in the Interpretation

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; Raghavan, Simil
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study in which a graduate student wrestles with uncomfortable decisions in trying to interpret her research results. She struggles to make un-biased judgments and interact appropriately with the press....
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/Interpretation.aspx

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-27 10:30

Questions on the Topic of Whistle Blowing

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case discusses issues of whistle-blowing by a post-doc fellow, publication, credit, collaboration, and the student-mentor relationship as it relates to academic careers. Commentaries Included Online...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/whistle.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-27 14:18

Switching Advisors?

Authors: Anila Jahangiri ; Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about situations where a student might be justified in switching advisors....
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/switch.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 10:18

Timely Publication

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario that covers ethical issues that arise when a supervisor does not review a doctoral student's manuscript....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/timely.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-28 11:07