Robert Streiffer, Jim Coors, Sara Patterson - Research Ethics
MHB 999 / Agronomy 875 / Horticulture 875
Fall 2006

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Schedule
 
  Date Topic Instructor Student Readings In Class Exercises Homework Lecture Notes News & Student Suppl. Suppl. for Instructors
1 9/5 Introduction to Course Streiffer None Exercise -ECE Plagiarism Handout

Exercise - Life Science Plagiarism Handout

Assignment for 2nd Class - Find Code of Ethics Introduction to LANGURE

ECE Plagiarism Key

Life Sciences Plagiarism Key

AP - Scientists Study Scientists Behaving Badly.pdf

Levin - Pressure for Success Often Lures Researchers.pdf

On-Line Plagiarism Exercises
2
9/12
Professional Codes, Ethics, and Research Misconduct
Streiffer, Patterson
Comstock - Ethical Principles Supporting Research Policies
 
 
Exercise - Professional Codes: Compare and Contrast.doc
 
LANGURE - Misconduct, Codes, and Whistleblowing

Couzin - Truth and Consequences.pdf

The Scientist - Geneticist Goodwin Investigated.pdf

Katz - Propogation of Errors in Review Articles

NYT - An Unwelcome Discovery.pdf

 
3 9/19 Professional Codes, Ethics, and Research Misconduct Streiffer Comstock - Four Ethical Principles and their Justification: pp. 1-11 CALS Draft Whistleblowing Policy (distributed in class)   LANGURE - Misconduct, Codes, and Whistleblowing

Ruhlen - What Happens to the Whistleblowers

Wahlberg - Students Pay Stiff Price.pdf

Gunsalus - How to Blow the Whistle.pdf

 
4 9/26 The Virtues and Professional Codes Streiffer
Comstock - Four Ethical Principles and their Justification.pdf: pp. 12-17
Exercise - Relating Professional Codes to Ethical Principles.doc   LANGURE (RKS) - Ethical Principles.ppt   Comstock - Ethical Principles Supporting Research Policies PowerPoint.ppt
5 10/3 Utilitarianism and Rights Streiffer Comstock - Four Ethical Principles and their Justification: pp. 18-27 UW Cystic Fibrosis Study (in PPT)   LANGURE (RKS) - Utilitarianism, Rights, and Human Subjects Research.ppt   Comstock - Ethical Principles Supporting Research Policies PowerPoint.ppt
6 10/10 The Research Mission of Land Grant Universities Coors
Comstock - Research at Land Grant Universities.pdf
    Coors - Research at LGUs.ppt Higher-Ed Org - First Morrill Act Comstock - Research at LGUs PowerPoint.ppt
7 10/17 Student Identified Issues in the Workplace and in the Professions Faculty None Exercise - Student Identified Issues  in Labs and Work Environments        
8 10/24 Mentoring, Women, and Minorities Patterson Alston-Mills - Mentoring; Women and Under-Represented Minorities.pdf Case studies – Mentoring   LANGURE (Patterson) - Mentoring.ppt Dar-Nimrod - Exposure to Scientific Theories Affects Math Performance.pdf King - With Supplemental
9 10/31 Intellectual Property and Conflicts of Interest Streiffer, Coors Schaffer - Intellectual Property.pdf Wild Rice Case Study (in PPT)   LANGURE (Coors) - Intellectual Property (@UW)

LANGURE (Coors and Streiffer) - Intellectual Property (Wild Rice Case Study).ppt

Stein - Sweet Success (Brazzein)

Dalton - Supreweed Study Falters.pdf

 
10 11/7 Experimental Design and Statistical Interpretation Coors, Chappell Cranor - Moral Issues in Risk Assessment Statistics Graphics Exercise Instructions

Statistics - Graphics Exercise

  LANGURE (Coors) - Statistics.ppt   Nelson - With Supplemental
11 11/14 Authorship and Peer Review Patterson Wilson - Authorship and Peer Review.pdf

ASPB - Authorship and Peer Review Guidelines.doc

Exercise - What's in a Picture?   Comstock - Authorship PowerPoint.ppt Pittsburgh - Schatten and Authorship Issues.doc Wilson - With Supplemental
12 11/21 Animals in Research Streiffer Varner - Prospects for Convergence

USDA - Govt Principles for Animals

RARC, UW-Madison Researcher's Guide to Animal Care & Use - Index.pdf

Animal Research Case Study.doc  

LANGURE (Streiffer) - Animal Ethics.ppt

Kennedy - Animal Activism Out of Control.pdf

Science Letters - Comments on Kennedy.pdf

FARMUSA - Action Alert on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Comstock - Use of Humans and Animals PowerPoint.ppt

Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.pdf

13 11/28 Discipline-Specific Issues: GE Foods Streiffer Thompson - Why Food Biotechnology Needs an Opt Out.pdf GE Food Aid (included in PPT)   LANGURE (Streiffer) - GE Foods    
14 12/5 Discipline-Specific Issues: hES Cell Research Streiffer None     LANGURE (Streiffer) - hES Cell Researchh    
15 12/12 Life-Long Learning Faculty None     Comstock - Continuing Education PowerPoint.ppt
Comstock - Course Review PowerPoint.ppt
Hennessy - British Embryo Laws Face Overhaul  
 

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