Trustworthy Research, Editorial Introduction, 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.
Truth and Trustworthiness in Research, 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 outright "fraud." 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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Whitbeck, Caroline. 1998. Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research. New York: Cambridge University Press. Other keywords for this book: ethics and prudence; preferences vs. values; negligence; ambiguity; moral ambiguity; responsibilities, general; professional responsibility; public safety; worker safety; laboratory safety; design process; engineering competence; environmental issues, global; environmental issues, chemical; conflict of interest; ethical codes and guidelines from professional societies; harassment, sexual harassment and aggression; workplace relationships; research misconduct; falsification and fabrication; plagiarism; authorship; human subjects in research; animals in scientific research.
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