Robert Streiffer and Sara Patterson -
Research Ethics
MHB 999 / Agronomy 875 / Horticulture 875
Spring 2008
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Syllabus: 00_Syllabus_LANGURE_S08
Schedule
| Date | Topic | Discussion Leader | Readings | In Class Exercises | Homework (for subsequent class) | Lecture Notes/PPT | News & Student Suppl. | Suppl. for Instructors | |
| 1 | 1/23 | Introduction to Course | Streiffer | None | Case Studies from PPT |
What does being at an LGU mean?; Research Ethics News Articles (2 by end of semester); Identify issues (for 2/27) |
AP - Scientists Study Scientists Behaving Badly.pdf Levin - Pressure for Success Often Lures Researchers.pdf |
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| 2 | 1/30 | The Research Mission of Land Grant Universities | Coors | Comstock - Research at Land Grant Universities.pdf | Misonduct examples; Locate Code of Ethics | Coors - Research at LGUs.ppt | Higher-Ed Org - First Morrill Act Bonnen - The Land Grant Idea and the Evolving Outreach University |
Comstock - Research at LGUs PowerPoint.ppt | |
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3 |
2/6 |
Professional Codes, Ethics,
and Research Misconduct (Part 1) |
Streiffer |
Read Goodwin articles listed for next week |
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| 4 | 2/13 | Professional Codes, Ethics, and Research Misconduct (Part 2) | Patterson |
Couzin - Truth and Consequences.pdf Black - Geneticist Goodwin Investigated.pdf Ruhlen - What Happens to the Whistleblowers |
CALS Draft Whistleblowing Policy |
04_Homework Assignment |
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| 5 | 2/20 | Human Subjects Research | Streiffer | Lederer - Laying Ethical Foundations for Clinical Research (+ Beecher).pdf | What are the common themes among Beecher's examples? Of the examples, which was the most egregious and why? Which was the most defensible and why? | ||||
| 6 | 2/27 | Human Subjects Research (cont.) | Streiffer | Mock IRB review of Wiscnosin CF Newborn Screening and Early Treatment Study | Statistics_Graphics_Exercise_Instructions Statistics - Graphics Handout | ||||
| 7 | 3/5 | Experimental Design and Statistical Interpretation | Coors | Cranor - Ethical Issues in Risk Analysis | Discussion of graphics exercises |
06_Exp_Deisgn_and_Stats | |||
| 8 | 3/12 | Student Identified Issues in Labs and in the Professions | Patterson | In-Class Exercise for Student-Identified Issues | |||||
| 3/19 | Spring Break | ||||||||
| 3/26 | No Class | ||||||||
| 9 | 4/2 | Mentoring, Women, and Minorities | Patterson | Alston-Mills - Mentoring; Women and Under-Represented Minorities | Case studies on mentoring issues | ||||
| 10 | 4/9 | Intellectual Property and Conflicts of Interest | Streiffer | Discussion of 4 recent IP and COI controversies | Locate authorship guidelines for a journal in your discipline | 08_IP&COIs.ppt
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WARF - Invention Disclosure Process Flowchart.pdf | ||
| 11 | 4/16 | Authorship and Peer Review | Patterson | Identify altered pictures |
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