THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Responsible Research Cases and Scenarios

• Graduate Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries
  An extensive set of cases on a wide variety of research and training topics written by graduate and post-doc students, all with accompanying expert commentaries. They are the result of workshops on Graduate Research Ethics Education, held at Indiana University, Bloomington, from 1996 to 2002.

• Addressing Problems in Research Ethics
  This section contains problems submitted by visitors to the Center and student projects (problem situations followed by interviews with knowledgeable people on how best to address those problems). All have been edited slightly for clarity, and most names appearing within the scenarios have been changed.

• Scenarios for Ethics Modules in the Responsible Conduct of Research
  scenarios are part of a modular sequence of materials on the responsible conduct of research that support a series of activities for student-faculty learning.

• NSPE Cases on Research Ethics
  An index of discussion cases drawn from real cases submitted to the NSPE's Board of Ethical Review.

• Intellectual Property Rights and Responsibilities-A Student's Guide
  A detailed student project aimed at helping graduate students who are planning to continue their laboratory work at another institution. This includes interviews and a compilation of standards, policies, and procedures that relate to intellectual property rights.

• Problems and Standards in Research Ethics: Scenarios and Situations Common in Medical Schools
  Scenarios presenting situations common in medical schools used to facilitate discussions of ethics.

• Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Classic Studies in Psychology
  Three discussions of psychological studies frequently cited in undergraduate texts that raise ethical questions about the responsible conduct of research.

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