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ROBIN LEVIN PENSLAR is Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research at Indiana University, following many years as a Research Associate for the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions. She is the principal author and editor of Protecting Human Research Subjects: Institutional Review Board Guidebook.
List of contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Theory and Pedagogy
1. General Issues in Teaching Research Ethics
2. An Introduction to Ethical Theory
Part II. Cases in the Natural Sciences: Biology
3. The Professional Scientist
4. Scientific Misconduct: What Is It and How Is It Investigated?
5. Authorship and the Use of Scientific Data
6. Data Alteration in Scientifc Research
7. The Ethics of Genetic Screening and Testing
8. Ethics and Eugenics
Part III. Cases in the Behavioral Sciences: Psychology
9. Ethical Issues in Animal Experimentation
10. Research Involving Human Subjects
11. Research Involving Human Subjects: The Administration of Alcohol
12. The Ethics of Deception in Research
13. Misconduct in Science
14. Science and Coercion
15. Behavior Control
Part IV. Cases in the Humanities: History
16. The Historian's Code of Ethics
17. The Use and Interpretation of Historical Documents
18. Oral Historians Meet the Media
19. Limiting Access to Scholarly Materials: The Case of the Dead Sea Scrolls
20. Faculty-Graduate Student Relations
21. Intellectual Property
Instructional Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Case Index
General Index
About the author
ROBIN LEVIN PENSLAR is Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research at Indiana University, following many years as a Research Associate for the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions. She is the principal author and editor of Protecting Human Research Subjects: Institutional Review Board Guidebook.
Summary
A comprehensive casebook for teaching research ethics in the natural sciences, the behavioral sciences, and the humanities.
