2010/08/30

Ethics in Science

http://www.biol.sc.edu/~dudycha/ethics.html
A series of papers by Jeff Dudycha (an evolutionary biologist of Daphnia) and his colleagues that deal with ethical issues people may confront during scientific activities. Various cases are presented as fictional abstractions which are excellent materials for discussion and brainstorming.
This site contains the following papers.
  • Adventures of the Mad Scientist 
  • Planning an Invasion 
  • The Big Story 
  • Polluted Objectivity 
  • The Stats Guy 
  • The Job Search 
  • The Statute of Limitations
  • The Methods Actor, part 1 
  • The Methods Actor, part 2 
  • The PR Job 
  • The Extra-Credit Activist