Course Information Syllabus, Schedule, Course Overview cs.wright/~dkender

1. BME / IHE 6010Engineering Ethics (Academic Integrity) Dave Kender - October 25, 2014Lecture adapted fromMeg Wiltshire’s PowerPoint Presentation

2. Outline • Course Information Syllabus, Schedule, Course Overviewwww.cs.wright.edu/~dkender • Learning Objectives • Course Rationale • Engineering Ethics • Academic Integrity (Plagiarism) • Guest Speakers - Fall 2014

3. Course Learning Objectives • Define: academic integrity, plagiarism, fair use • Explain the importance of ethics and integrity in engineering and research • Compare and contrast ethical behavior and legal behavior • Express the WSU Academic Integrity Policy • Describe the relationship between the graduate student and their advisor • Locate and use research tools available to WSU graduate students • Explain the thesis and dissertation preparation process

4. Course Rationale • ABET ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) mandates that discussions regarding ethics be included in the engineering curriculum • Cheating and plagiarism has become a major problem at many universities • WSU has not been exempt from the problem • There are a variety of reasons for the problem • The best way to avoid problems is to educate students about the problem and clearly identify good and bad practices

5. General Definition of Ethics Reference: Engineering Ethics by Fleddermann The study of the characteristics of morals The study of the moral choices made by each person in his or her relationships with other persons

6. Engineering Ethics Reference: Engineering Ethics by Fleddermann The rules and standards which govern the conduct of engineers in their role as professionals Engineering ethics are similar to general ethics, but apply to the specific issues which affect engineering professionals

7. Ethics in Research • Research misconduct is defined as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Federal policy on Research Misconduct http://www.ostp.gov/html/001207_3.html Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger

8. Publication Violations • Faking research data – 0.3% • Plagiarism – 1.4% • Removing data – 6% • Multiple publications of the same data – 4.7% • Inappropriate inclusion of authors – 10% • Changed a study design – 15% • Inadequate record keeping – 27.5% From 3247 respondents of 8000 surveyed Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger

9. Scientific Misconduct • Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them • Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record • Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving proper credit. • Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger

10. Researcher Unethical Conduct • Cover-up of errors • Misuse of funds • Fabrication of data • Deletion of data without justification • Falsification of data • Making major protocol deviations • Unorthodox manipulation of data during data analysis • Performance of inappropriate statistical analysis • Knowingly performing or participating in unauthorized experiments • Misrepresentation or purposeful exclusion of relevant data from others • Misrepresentation of originality of ideas, writings, software and hardware – plagiarism • Failing to report wrongs when there is a responsibility to do so Reference: Ethics in Scientific Research by Budinger and Budinger

11. Plagiarism “The false assumption of ownership, the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own.” Reference: MLA Handbook, Chapter 2, page 46 “An act of theft in which you steal another person’s idea or his or her expression of an idea, and then represent it as your own.” Reference: Dr. Leo Finkelstein Jr., Pocket Book of Technical Writing

12. Costs of Plagiarism • Viewed as a shameful act, one from a dishonest person • Violates WSU Academic Integrity policy and can result in an “F” for the paper or course, expulsion and revocation of degree • Loss of the opportunity for the student to learn • Loss of pride in the effort to receive a degree • Lowers the value of degrees earned by others

13. Causes of Plagiarism • Accidental - Poor note taking/documentation • Belief that minor word changes constitutes your own work • Peer pressure from friends/students/community • Poor time management • Writing in a second language and worrying about grammar

14. You have plagiarized if • Your notes fail to distinguish summary and/or paraphrase • You copy and paste from the web without enclosing in quotes and citing the source • You presented facts without citing where they were found • You repeated or paraphrased another’s work w/o citation • You took another’s unique phrase without citing • You paraphrased someone’s ideas without citing • You bought or obtained a paper written by another and handed it in as your own. Reference: MLA Handbook, Chapter 2, page 75

15. Writing Assignment #1 • www.TurnItIn.com • Due Wednesday, September 3, 2014

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17. Guest Speakers - Fall 2014 • Dr. Nathan Klingbeil Dean's Perspectives • Dr. Phani Kidambi Student Success • Dr. Gary Dickstein Student Conduct • Dr. Leo Finkelstein Plagiarism • Dr. Joseph Slater LaTex • Phil Flynn Library Resources • Alysoun Taylor-Hall Thesis / Dissertation Tools • Dave Kender Engineering Ethics