Scientific Research Ethics Resources
The following resources cover scientific research ethics. CSEP Library has also put together resources on biomedical ethics, informed consent and use of human subjects, and the use of animals in research.
Online tutorials and publications:
Human Participant Protection Education for Research Teams an online tutorial developed by the U.S. National Cancer Institute to educate sceintists, statisticians, and research assistants on the rights and welfareof human research participants.
On Being A Scientist- Responsible Conduct in Research. The full-text of the National Academy of Science's booklet.
OpenSeminar on Research Ethics This is an excellent collection of readings, powerpoints, and other resources compliled by instructors of research ethics. Developed by North Carolina Stuate University, OpenSeminar is a unique courseware platform allows instructors to build an expert-maintained repository or database of links to online information that is openly available on the Internet. The Research Ethics site is a collaborative effort of inviduals from universities accross the country, headed by Gary Comstock of North Carolina State University.
Research Ethics-Ethics in Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. A introductory paper on the ethics of conducting researching on human subjects.
Research Ethics Blog - by Nancy Walton and Chris McDonald. Focuses on ethical issues surrounding the participation of human subjects in research.
Research Ethics Modules -North Carolina State University. A series of full text modules in which each module covers a separate issue in research ethics. Includes essays, case studies and references. All modules downloadable in pdf format.
Transition to Sustainability in the 21st Century: The Contribution of Science and Technology. - Statement made at the end of the the third international meeting of the world's scientific academies, acting through the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) in May 2000. At the conclusion of the conference, the academies issued a collective statement that speaks to the specific responsibilities of the scientific, engineering, and medical communities in facilitating the transition to global sustainability over the next 50 years.
Research Ethics Centers:
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research-seeks to create and promote ethical standards in the conduct of research. Site includes links to PRIM&R publications and a helpful collection of resources.
Responsible Conduct of Research Education Consortium- seeks to provide leadership to the research community to promote the education in the responsible conduct of research.
Research Ethics Program -University of California, San Diego. The Department has developed a very nice resources page divided by topic.
UCSF Office of Research Administration-promoting ethical use of test subjects and integrity in research.
Cases:
Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research: Cases for Teaching and Assessment - Materials developed by Muriel Bebeau, Kenneth Pimple et al. for "Teaching Research Ethics: A Workshop at Indiana University" (TRE). December 1995. Download full PDF document here
Handling Misconduct, Case Summaries -Office of Research Integrity. Listing of investigated and closed scientific misconduct cases.
Journals:
(Please note: If you are a member of the IIT Community, you can access
the full-text of these journals by going here and typing in the journal
name.)
Accountability in Research: CSEP Holdings, 1992 (Vol 2. No. 1)--, and available through Galvin Library's online databases.
Journal of Clinical Ethics: CSEP Holdings, Spring 1990 (Vol. 1, No. 1) --
Bibliography
Barnbaum, Deborah R and Michael Byron. Research ethics: text and readings. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2001.
Drenth, Pieter J.D. "Responsible Conduct in Research." Science and Engineering Ethics. Jan. 2006 Vol. 12, No. 1. 13-21.
Elliot, Deni and Judy E. Stern. Research ethics: a reader. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England for the Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics at Dartmouth College, 1997.
Fellows, Richard, Anita Liu and Colin Storey. "Ethics in Construction Project Briefing." Science & Engineering Ethics. April 2004. Vol. 10, No. 2, 289-301.
Erwin, Edward. Sidney Gendin and Lowell Kleiman. Ethical issues in scientific research: an anthology. Garland Studies in Applied Ethics, Vol. 2. New York : Garland, 1994.
The Ethics of Scientific Research Perspectives on the Professions Vol. 8, No. 2, January 1989.
The Experiences and challenges of science and ethics : proceedings of an American-Iranian workshop. Committee on the Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics in the United States and Iran, in cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran ; Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies . Washington D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.
Goliszek, Andrew. In the name of science: a history of secret programs, medical research, and human experimentation. New York: St. Martins Press, 2003.
Harvard University Faculty of Medicine. Faculty Policies on Integrity in Science. Boston, Masasachusetts, 1992.
Hook, Sidney, Paul Kurtz and Miro Todorovich. ed. The ethics of teaching and scientific research. Buffalo, NY : Prometheus Books, 1977. (full text available at Questia Online Library)
In the lab: mentors and students behind the scenes. Birmingham, AL : University of Alabama, Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences, 2005. Video recording.
Jonas, Hans. The imperative of responsibility: in search of an ethics for the technological age. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1984
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Rules and Guidelines for Responsible Conduct of Research. Baltimore, Maryland, 1990.
Macrina, Francis L. Scientific integrity: text and cases in responsible conduct of research. 3rd ed. Washington D.C. : ASM Press, 2005.
Mukund, Acharya, Michael Davis, and Vivian Weil, "Integrating Ethics Into a Research Experience for Undergraduates", Journal of Engineering Education, April 1995, pp. 129-132.
Murphy, Timothy F. Case Studies in biomedical research ethics. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2004.
National Institutes of Health. Guidelines for the Conduct of Research in the Intramural Research program at NIH. National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, Maryland, 1991.
Ramsey, Paul. The ethics of fetal research. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1975
Reagan, C.E. Ethics for Scientific Researchers, 2nd Ed. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas, 1971
Rothblat, Joseph. "The social conscience of scientists" Physics World. December 1999 pp. 65-68.
Steneck, Nicholas H. ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research. Rev. ed June 2004. Rockville , MD. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity.
University of California, San Franciso. Department of Neurological Surgery, Brain Tumor Research Center. BTRC Guidelines on Research Data & Manuscripts. San Francisco, 1989.
Univesity of Michigan. Report of the Medical School Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research. Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 1989.
U.S Commission on Research Integrity. Integrity in Misconduct and Research. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, D.C., 1995
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Guidelines for th Conduct of Research within the Public Health Service. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. Washington, D.C., January 1992.
Use of Animals in Research bibliography
Online Resources:
American Psychological Association Research Ethics -Federal regulation, codes of conduct, web-based training resources, and a bibliography on research on human subjects. Also has resource guide for nonhuman subjects.
Bioethics Resources on the Web -a list of annotated links put together by the National Institute of Health, especially dealing with research involving human and animal subjects.
Responsible Research - a resource guide put together by the Online Ethics Center at Case Western Reserve University. Includes full-text essays, cases, and reference materials. Also see Problems and Standards in Research Ethics Scenarios and Situations and Situations in Medical Schools by Terry Ann Krulwich
Teaching Research Ethics-a resource guide developed for the Poynter Institute's Teaching Research Ethics Workshop. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography, essays, and teaching guides.
Last modified November 24, 2008 .
