Supervisor/Trainee Relationships

Authors: Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper discusses the importance of trustworthiness in science, and looks at the various forms of betrayal and defections in scientific research. The author argues that though serious breaches of trust - research misconduct- does...
Year: 1995
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583258

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Nelson Nice is on the engineering faculty at State University. Three years ago he headed a research project that involved an undergraduate student assistant. At first Jason Smart was enthusiastic about the project. However, as time ...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12532.aspx

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S. ; Cutler, Gale
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Jack Jacobs, an engineering co-op student from a State University, "fudges" the data, causing catastrophic failure....
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12510.aspx

Authors: Whitbeck, Caroline
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about how a graduate student should handle a group that does not want to change their experiment procedure....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/modindex/resethpages/changing.aspx

Authors: Bebeau, Muriel J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Bob Bailey is a graduate student whose work is not going well. He blames his troubles in part on the romantic relationship that has developed between his lab director, Peter Martin, and one of his classmates, Sarah Stern. Bailey is...
Year: 1995
URL: http://poynter.indiana.edu/mr/mr-bailey.pdf

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.pdf

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

Authors: Shipp, Allan C. ; Korenman, Stanley G.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In preparation of a progress report to her funder, a researcher instructs her graduate student to include photographs which give an impression of more success than has actually been achieved....
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/DSRA4.htm

Authors: Korenman, Stanley G. ; Shipp, Allan C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A postdoctoral fellow gives a presentation of his work in a departmental seminar and fails to clearly identify which portion of the work in the lab is his, and which should be attributed to others....
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/FailureAttributeCredit.htm

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

Authors: Stanford Biodesign, Stanford University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A Stanford Professor has been asked by a group of other researchers to be a founder in a company looking to use a technology developed by the government as a therapeutic agent for patients. The professor will hold stock in the compa...
Year: 2007
URL: http://biodesign.stanford.edu/bdn/ethicscases/4gradstudentdilemma.jsp

Authors: Kurdek, Lawrence, A. ; Fine, Mark A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: American Psychologist
Abstract: Explores the process of determining authorship credit and authorship order on collaborative publications with students. The article presents hypothetical cases that describe relevant ethical issues, highlights ethical principles tha...
Year: 1993
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.48.11.1141

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: To introduce a graduate student to the review process used for publication in sociology, a student's advisor asks her to look through a number of past reviews of articles he has done, and also to do a co-review with him on a manuscr...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case87

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A graduate assistant in an Introductory Sociology class is extremely friendly and goes out of his way to be available to students who has questions. He also informs one of the female students in the class that he is "available" and...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case98

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A graduate student putting together slides for a presentation notices a problem with the data, and after further investigation it appears that interviewers on the project may have fabricated some of the data given on questionnaires....
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case66

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Paul Converse operates a marketing research company and often hires college students to staff his phone bank to conduct surveys for his clients. While he does brief them about the job and procedures he wants them to follow when cond...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case07

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A professor invites a graduate student whose work he admires to be second author on a paper he is writing. Later he invites her to potentially write a dissertation on the topic with him as a mentor. During the time they spend worki...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case12

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a graduate student assistant on a long-term research project decides to base his dissertation on the project, his advisor and principal investigator of the project has a few concerns. How could the advisor help the student deve...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case57

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The dean has mandated that every department at the university must have a homepage. The chair of a financially-strapped department makes a deal with a graduate student who is a computer whiz hand has substantial experience setting u...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case10

Authors: Kirby, Kate ; Houle, Frances A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Physics Today
Abstract: Reports on significant concerns on the treatment of subordinates and other ethical issues raised by younger members of the physics community, including in the American Physical Society itself. ...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1063/1.1839376

Authors: Welsh, Robert K. ; Clevenger, Jeanne K. ; Reger, Mark A. ; Lareau, Craig R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Little guidance is currently available for handling disputes between research mentors and students when working with shared data. This article analyzes how the ethical guidelines from the American Psychological Association, the Offi...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08989620801946925

Authors: Krulwich, Terry Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Scenairo discusses issues between postdoc students and technicians in a lab, including favoritism and professoral responsibility....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/rescases/msindex/mshow.aspx

Authors: McCuen, Richard H. ; Akar, Gulsah ; Gifford, Ian A. ; Srikantaiah, Deepa
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: This article reports the results of a survey of more than 100 graduate students looking at how they communicate with their advisors. The authors found that advisees appreciate an adviser’s concern, pressure, and timely feedback. How...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(2009)135:4(153)

Authors: MacDonald, Chris ; Williams-Jones, Bryn
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: This article looks at the non-financial conflicts of interest that can arise in supervisor--student relations, ranging from standard graduate supervision through to dual relationships sometimes found in research with commercial pote...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/08989620902855033

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