Trustworthy Research, Editiorial Introduction Many researchers, of course, maintained high ethical standards for themselves and took great care to pass these ideals on to their students. Nonetheless, the larger community of research scientists formulated few statements of ethical norms for their work.
Trust and Trustworthiness in Research This paper develops an overview of the subject of trustworthiness among researchers. It illustrates and discusses various types of betrayal and defections in research conduct, and locates these in relation to many of the situations discussed elsewhere in this issue.
Self-Deception A failure to make explicit even to oneself some truth about oneself, often one's behavior.
Problems and Standards in Research Ethics Scenarios and role plays presenting situations common in medical schools by Terry Ann Krulwicn, Dean of Graduate School, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Relevant Literature on this Topic
Marx, L. The Machine in the Garden. Oxford University Press, NY, 1964. Other keywords for this: preferences vs. values; design and the environment; endangered ecosystems; responsibilities, general.
John M. Staudenmeier, sj, The Politics and Ethics of Engineering (in press with pilot-project version for use in NSF-supported Greenfield Coalition ethics component at Focus: Hope, Detroit, MI). Other keywords for this: ethics and prudence; lying, deception; moral ambiguity; pedagogy and the use of cases in teaching; incompetent superiors; professional responsibility; consulting relationships; professional societies; ethics support; workplace relationships; communication; research and cultural diversity; research misconduct; whistleblowing; research integrity; correcting errors in databases.
Christelle Didier, "L'aÈrotrain ou la tragÈdie de Jean Bertin," in Christelle Didier, Annie Gireaux-Geneaux, and Bertrand HÈriard Dubreuil. Ethique industrielle: Textes pour un dÈbat, Editions De Boeck universitÈ, Bruxelles, 1998, pp. 323-337. Other keywords for this: ethics and prudence; ethics and economics; ambiguity; invention.