Ethics in science : ethical misconduct in scientific research /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	D'Angelo, John
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, [2012]
Subjects:	Research > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies. Fraud in science > Case studies. Scientific Misconduct. Ethics, Research. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
About the author
Chapter 1. Irresponsible conduct in research: What is it, why does it happen, and how do we identify it when it happens?
What constitutes scientific misconduct?
Intentional negligence in acknowledgment of previous work
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Deliberate fabrication of data you have collected
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Deliberate omission of known data that does not agree with hypotheses
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Passing another researcher's data as one's own
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Publication of results without consent of all the researchers
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Failure to acknowledge all the researchers who performed the work
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Authorship and intellectual property
Conflict of interest issues
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Repeated publication of too-similar results
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Breach of confidentiality
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Misrepresenting others' previous work
What is it?
Why does it happen?
How is it caught?
Bad ethics vs. bad science
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
New results that prove old results wrong
The whistle-blower's dilemma
Wrapping up
Chapter 2. What happens to those who violate responsible conduct?
Human and animal subjects
Wrapping up
Chapter 3. What is peer review's role in responsible conduct in research?
Revisiting Vlad and Frankie
Can peer reviewers be unethical?
Wrapping up
Chapter 4. What effect on the public does scientific misconduct have?
MMR and autism
Climategate
HIV vaccine
Animal rights groups
Cold fusion
Bernard Kettlewell
Electromagnetic field and high-tension power lines
Fracking and pollution
Wrapping up
Chapter 5. What constitutes responsible conduct from the point of view of human/animal subjects in research?
Wrapping up
Chapter 6. Can intervention or interference by the federal government result in research misconduct?
Wrapping up
Chapter 7. Can we prevent misconduct in research?
Intentional negligence in acknowledgment of previous work
Deliberate fabrication of data
Deliberate omission of known data that doesn't agree with hypotheses
Passing another researcher's data as one's own
Publication of results without consent of all the researchers
Failure to acknowledge all the researchers who performed the work
Conflict-of-interest issues
Repeated publication of too-similar results
Breach of confidentiality
Misrepresenting others' work
Wrapping up
Chapter 8. Case Studies
Darwin and Wallace
Summary
What happened?
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
Rangaswamy Srinivasan-VISX patent dispute
Summary
The story
Questions to ponder
Sources
Schwartz and Mirkin
Summary
How did it start?
Mirkin says
Schwartz says
Mirkin responds
Villa-Komaroff's role
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
Corey and Woodward
Summary
Corey says
Hoffmann says
L.J. Oosterhoff
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
Córdova, Scripps Research Institute, and Stockholm University
Summary
What happened?
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
La Clair and hexacyclinol
Summary
What happened?
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
Woodward and quinine
Summary
What happened?
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
DNA
Summary
What happened?
Resolution
Questions to ponder
Sources
David Baltimore and Teresa Imanishi-Kari
Summary
O'Toole's side
Charles Maplethorpe
Teresa Imanishi-Kari
David Baltimore
The public perception
Conclusions
Questions to ponder
Sources
John Fenn-Yale patent dispute
Summary
The story
Questions to ponder
Sources
VIOXX®
Summary
Question to ponder
Sources
Index.