Robin Levin Penslar

Research ethics : cases and materials - Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [c1995] - 278 p.

Part I. Theory and Pedagogy
1. General Issues in Teaching Research Ethics
2. An Introduction to Ethical Theory

Part II. Cases in the Natural Sciences: Biology
3. The Professional Scientist
4. Scientific Misconduct: What Is It and How Is It Investigated?
5. Authorship and the Use of Scientific Data
6. Data Alteration in Scientifc Research
7. The Ethics of Genetic Screening and Testing
8. Ethics and Eugenics

Part III. Cases in the Behavioral Sciences: Psychology
9. Ethical Issues in Animal Experimentation
10. Research Involving Human Subjects
11. Research Involving Human Subjects: The Administration of Alcohol
12. The Ethics of Deception in Research
13. Misconduct in Science
14. Science and Coercion
15. Behavior Control

Part IV. Cases in the Humanities: History
16. The Historian's Code of Ethics
17. The Use and Interpretation of Historical Documents
18. Oral Historians Meet the Media
19. Limiting Access to Scholarly Materials: The Case of the Dead Sea Scrolls
20. Faculty-Graduate Student Relations
21. Intellectual Property

This comprehensive casebook for teaching research ethics in the sciences and the humanities covers such topics as plagiarism, confidentiality, conflict of interest, fraud and misconduct, the reporting of data, and the participation of human and animal subjects in research. An annotated bibliography will help instructors identify resources to use as supplements to cases, assist readers who are developing courses in research ethics, and aid further research on the subject.---Summary provided by publisher

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