By Eugen Tarnow. A questionnaire probing the distribution of authorship credit of postdoctoral associates, "postdocs," in order to determine their awareness of the professional society's ethical statement on authorship, the extent of communication with their supervisors about authorship criteria, and the appropriateness of authorship assignments on submitted papers.
By Caroline Whitbeck. Today's research enterprise involves a vast network of cooperative endeavors, of which trust is a crucial component. Yet, focus on trust in research ethics is only a fairly recent development. In this article, Whitbeck reviews the history of the research community's discussion of research ethics and surveys recent work on trust from various perspectives. This essay first appeared as the editorial introduction to the October 1995 issue of Science and Engineering Ethics.
By Caroline Whitbeck. This paper develops an overview of the subject of trustworthiness among researchers. Beginning with the breaches of trust that constitute major wrongdoing in research research misconduct, Whitbeck argues that these are more often examples of lesser betrayals and defections that undermine trust, than they are of outrightfraud. Whitbeck also considers trust and trustworthiness among collaborating researchers and a range of intentional and unintentional behaviors that influence the character of these trust relationships, particularly between a supervisor and a supervisee. This essay first appeared in the October 1995 issue of Science and Engineering Ethics.
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Maintained by Walter W. Stewart. Walter W. Stewart and Ned Feder talk about their experiences dealing with scientists and their research integrity, or lack there of.