7- Ethics Pt 2 Flashcards
T or F: Researchers face great pressures and failures are common
T
T or F: We do research in university because it is central to our mission
T
Name the 3 broad obligations as a researcher:
- peer
- self
- public
fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results =
Research misconduct
making up data or results and recording or reporting them =
fabrication
manipulating research materials, equipments, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record =
falsification
the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit =
plagiarism
T or F: Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences in opinion
T
What are some reasons for research misconduct:
- career ambitions (dissertation, tenure, fame)
- ulterior motives (COI)
- financial benefits
- lack of training
- poorly managed research groups
- just a bad seed
T or F: Scientists share an obligation to act when suspected research misconduct is observed
T
T or F: Conflict of interest is not bad but must be disclosed
T
T or F: Trust is at the heart of the scientific process, but COIs compromise trust relationships
T
Conflict of interest (COI) can be (3):
- personal
- professional
- financial
Give a definition for conflict of interest:
situations in which financial or other personal considerations may compromise an investigator’s judgement in conducting or reporting research
What are some reasons why we use animals in research:
- animals have much shorter life cycles so we can ask hypotheses about life-time exposure or multi-generational
- more variables that you can control with animals
