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RESEARCH MISCONDUCT

RESEARCH MISCONDUCT. Presented at the RCR WORKSHOP Graduate School By. Dr. R. C. Chawla Professor & Chair, Chemical Engineering Howard University Washington, DC 20059 March 6, 2007. RESEARCH MISCONDUCT. Fabrication: Making up data or results and recording or reporting them.

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RESEARCH MISCONDUCT

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  1. RESEARCH MISCONDUCT Presented at the RCR WORKSHOP Graduate School By Dr. R. C. Chawla Professor & Chair, Chemical Engineering Howard University Washington, DC 20059 March 6, 2007

  2. RESEARCH MISCONDUCT Fabrication: Making up data or results and recording or reporting them. Falsification: 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: Appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

  3. RESEARCH COMMANDMENTS THOU SHALL NOT: • FABRICATE • FALSIFY • PLAGIARIZE

  4. RULES OF BEHAVIOR • Etiquette -rules of acceptable personal behavior and courtesy when interacting with others in a social setting. • Laws - a system of rules and punishments clearly established by a society to maintain a safe and orderly social environment. • Morals - personal rules of right and wrong behavior derived from a person’s upbringing, religious beliefs, and societal influences. • Ethics - a code of rules defining moral behavior for a particular society.

  5. YOUR REACTION?

  6. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DRIVERS OF HUMAN BEHAVIORHIGHER AUTHORITY/CONSCIENCE ? ! Etiquette Laws Morals Ethics

  7. THE ETHICS CHECK QUESTIONS • Is it legal? Will I be violating either civil law or company policy? • Is it balanced? Is it fair to all concerned in the short term as well as the long term? Does it promote win-win relationships? • How will it make me feel about myself? Will it make me feel proud? Would I feel good if my decision were published in the newspaper? Would I feel good if my family knew about it? Will I be proud to tell my grandchildren about it?

  8. PEOPLE TO KNOW BERNIE/ BERTHA WALTER/ MARY GEORGE/ GEORGIA

  9. ENGINEERING ETHICS CASE STUDY:PLAGIARISM – M.S. THESIS…1/3(Ref: onlineethics.org: http://onlineethics.org/cases/pritchard/thesis.html) • Dr. Nelson Nice is an engineering professor at State University. Three years ago he headed a research project that involved an undergraduate student assistant. At first, Jason Smart was enthusiastic about the project. He certainly felt honored to be selected by Professor Nice as his undergraduate assistant. However, as time passed Jason grew impatient with the laboratory work and write-ups. Dr. Nice found that he had to do more and more of the work himself. Eventually Jason left the project before the work was completed. • One year later Jason, then a graduate student at another university, wrote to Dr. Nelson Nice and asked him if he would send him a copy of the final report of the work they had done together. Jason explained that he had matured considerably since his undergraduate days and was now working in a related area. "Now," he said, "I think I'm ready for more serious work. It would help me a lot if I could see how things finally worked out in the project." Should Dr. Nelson Nice send the report to Jason Smart?

  10. ENGINEERING ETHICS CASE STUDY:PLAGIARISM – M.S. THESIS…2/3 • Nelson Nice was not anxious to share the report with Jason Smart. Disappointed with the results of the research, Nelson had turned his attention elsewhere. He was unhappy with Jason's performance on the project. However, he was impressed with Jason's acknowledgement of his earlier immaturity and his apparent desire to do serious work. So he decided to send it. He pointed out to Jason that, although the research was now complete, it had not turned out as he had hoped. However, he wished Jason well in his graduate work and hoped that this report might be of some help in giving him new ideas. • Several years later Nelson Nice discovered that Jason Smart used the report as his Master's Thesis -- adding only a couple of introductory paragraphs, a concluding section, and an updated bibliography. No reference to Nelson Nice appeared anywhere in the thesis!

  11. ENGINEERING ETHICS CASE STUDY:PLAGIARISM – M.S. THESIS…3/3 • What should Nelson Nice now do about this? • Is there anything that he could have done earlier that might have prevented this from happening? • What might he do to make sure that this type of situation will not occur in the future?

  12. REFERENCES • http://www.computing.armstrong.edu/FacNStaff/priya/ENGR1100_ethics.pdf • http://onlineethics.org/cases/pritchard/thesis.html • Grubb, J., “Ethics-Engineering & Beyond,”Tulane Engineering Forum, December, 2004 • Kohn, P. M. and Hughson, R.V., “Perplexing Problems in Engineering Ethics,” Chemical Engineering, pp: 100-107, May 5, 1980

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