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- Do the Ends Justify the Means? The Ethics of Deception in Social Science Research
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Three short cases explore deception of subjects in social science research. In each case the principle investigator is a social psychologist....
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/justify.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 09:36
- An Aborted Ph.D. Program
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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.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 09:21
- Convention Boycott on Cincinnati
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Authors: Keller, David R. ; Hinman, Lawrence ; Leever, Martin ; Robert Ladenson ; Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are the Executive Director of a large professional association planning your organization's annual convention. While the association's board approved your earlier recommendation that he be held in Cincinnati,in the intervening m...
Year: 2002
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Convention%20Boycott%20on%20Cincinnati.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-06 15:13
- MDR Tuberculosis : A case for non-science majors focused on social justice issues
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Authors: Chamany, Katayoun ; National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study on multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, students consider ways in which to preserve health as a human right without subjecting already marginalized communities susceptible to the disease to further discriminat...
Year: 2006
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=575&id=575Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-06-22 15:48
- Alice Hayes and Affordable Housing
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Authors: Nadler, Judy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A new city councilmember must weigh the community's need for affordable housing with the desire to preserve open space....
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/affordable_housing.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-10 15:39
- Pinocchio's Nose
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Authors: Northeastern University, WebGURU
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Tom, a pre-med student, is working two part-time jobs and is falling behind in his coursework. Tom goes to his anthropology teacher with a story about how he and his brother were in a fictional car crash, and how he has been sitting...
Year: 2012
URL: http://www.webguru.neu.edu/professionalism/case-studies/pinocchios-noseBiblio - KBL781 - 2012-10-17 16:11
- Data from a Graduate Course --Social Science
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario that covers ethical issues that arise when a student wants to use a professors data in a manuscript....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/profdata.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-13 09:37
- Studying Racial Bias
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Authors: Connor, Jane Marantz ; Binghamton University, Psychology Department
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Students evaluate a research proposal to determine if it is consistent with ethical principles and federal guidelines for conducting research with human subjects. The case can be taught either as a discussion case or using role-play...
Year: 2000
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=458&id=458Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50
- Cancer Cure or Conservation
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Authors: Lizotte, Pauline A. ; Manchester Community College, Mathematics, Science and Health Careers ; Knapp, Gretchen E. ; Illinois State University, Biology Department
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case is based on the controversy that surrounded harvesting of the Pacific yew from 1989 to 1997 to develop paclitaxel (Taxol), a revolutionary anti-cancer drug. The case was designed to expose students to basic conservation bi...
Year: 2003
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=198&id=198Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:46
- Does HIV Affect All? Researcher's Duty to Warn
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A licensed psychologist is Principal Investigator on a project working to identify behavioral trends among HIV+ adults in the New York City area. When during an interview, he hears that one of the participants in the research projec...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/6080.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-04 12:10
- All in the Interpretation
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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.aspxBiblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-27 10:30
- Bushmeat
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Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Anestidou, Lida ; Leever, Martin ; Keller, David R. ; Cox-White, Becky ; Althaus, Ruth Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: People in Central African tropical rain forest for at least 40,000 years. However, as the human population grows, the harvest of large wild mammals, known as "bushmeat" is increasing. While scientists consider the current rate of w...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Bushmeat.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-07 15:43
- The Case of Wu
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Authors: Shanks, Thomas, S. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: What are the ethical questions involved when asked to help out an illegal immigrant in desperate need of help?...
Year: 1996
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/wu.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 11:56
- The Outbreak
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Authors: Hanson, Kirk O.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This fictionalized case addresses the ethical issues confronting governments, NGOs, and pharmaceutical companies when faced with an epidemic. Includes a video presentation of the case. ...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/outbreak.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-10 11:16
- When to Accept a Funds from the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative Program
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Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A professor of computer science applied for and received a grant from the Strategic Defense Initiative Program (Star Wars) to engage in a software assurance research project of a theoretical nature. The goal was to determine the met...
Year: 1994
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Star%20Wars.pdfBiblio - Anonymous - 2011-07-14 16:29
- Ecotourism: Who Benefits?
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Authors: Santanello, Cathy R. ; Markowitz, Linda ; Southern Illinois University, Sociology Department, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students assess ecotourism in Costa Rica by considering the viewpoints of a displaced landowner, banana plantation worker, environmentalist, state official, U.S. trade representative, and national park employee. ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=359&id=359Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:47
- Military Anthropologists
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Authors: Carr, Sarah ; Dillard, Brenda ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Carr, Edward ; Potthast, Adam ; Elliott, Deni ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In 2003, the U.S. Military turned to social scientists for help understanding the complexities of Iraqi culture, as step which led to the establishment of the Human Terrain System, which embedded social scientists in military units...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Military%20Anthropologists.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:11
- A Young Woman's Struggle for Peace
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case discusses the problems faced by a researcher when trying to reconcile faith with science, personal convictions and professional activities when her advisor asks her to work on a grant contract funded by the U.S. Air Force....
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/peace.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-22 11:43
- Public Access to Federally Funded Grant Proposals
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Authors: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology ; Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Washington State Supreme Court recently ruled that the State's law mandating "full access to information concerning the conduct of government at every level" requires State universities to make public upon request research grant...
Year: 1995
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Public%20Grant%20Proposals.pdfBiblio - Anonymous - 2011-07-11 16:32
- The Deforestation of the Amazon : A Case Study in Understanding Ecosystems and Their Value
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students examine tropical deforestation in the Amazon from the perspective of three dominant stakeholders in the region: a peasant farmer, a logger, and an environmentalist. As part of the exercise, students perf...
Year: 1999
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=318&id=318Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50
- The Wealth of Water
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Authors: Baum, Karina J. ; Rathburn, Melanie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Many students take the availability of water for granted. This case study, which focuses on the Cochabamba water revolt in Bolivia, is designed to encourage students to think about water as a limited natural resource. Students learn...
Year: 2009
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=219&id=219Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:51
- Hazardous Consent Forms
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Authors: Cohen, Lucy M. ; American Anthropological Association ; Cassell, Joan ; Weaver, Thomas
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As part of a long-range investigation of the social and physiological effects of heroin, Jim Sanders, an anthropologist affiliated with a medical school, set up a study of pregnant women and their infants. The medical school Institu...
Year: 1996
URL: http://www.aaanet.org/publications/pubs/consentforms.cfmBiblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-30 11:41
- Indigenous Peoples vs. Endangered Species
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Authors: Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Myers, Gretchen A. ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Potthast, Adam ; Association for Practical and Professional Ethics ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Funke, Michael Brian
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the Amazon rain forest of Brazil, indigenous fisherman kill pink river dolphins for profit. They use the dolphins' meat as bait to catch fish they sell to customers outside of their community, and use the oil from the dolphins' f...
Year: 2011
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Indigenous%20Peoples.pdfBiblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-08 16:31
- Family, Culture, Medicine : A problem-based learning case
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Authors: Engelen-Eigles, Deborah ; National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This four-part problem-based learning case examines cultural conflicts between Western medicine and non-Western traditional healing practices. Students consider notions of cultural relativism and ethnocentrism through the lens of so...
Year: 2011
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=600&id=600Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-06-20 14:49
- A PHish Tale
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case highlights potential dilemmas encountered by postdoctoral fellows in a research setting. Should a scientist release incomplete data to an environmental group so they may work to prevent further environmental damage, or hop...
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/phish.aspxBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-21 14:26
