Scientific Ethics

Scientific ethics are commonly described as covering which of the following two categories?

• a.Standards for individuals, and standards for the entire research community.
• b.Research ethics, and medical ethics.
• c.Standards of methods and process, and standards of topics.
• d.Standards of data collection, and standards of publishing.

The research papers published by Jan Hendrik Schön were eventually retracted because he had been found to have

• a.inappropriately profited from his research.
• b.fabricated much of his data.
• c.submitted his work to the wrong journal.
• d.conducted additional research that made him question his original findings.

The Nuremberg Code

• a.was developed in response to war crimes by Nazi scientists.
• b.requires that individuals willingly consent to any research conducted on them.
• c.requires that scientists avoid intentionally inflicting harm.
• d.All of the other choices are correct.

Unlike misconduct, mistakes never get discovered in science.

• a.true
• b.false

The majority of scientists behave ethically.

• a.true
• b.false

Reporting sources of funding of scientific research is important because

• a.of the potential bias that funding sources may exert on research reports.
• b.it allows other scientists to fairly compete for funding from those same sources.
• c.it reveals whether or not the research is for profit.
• d.it reveals whether or not the scientists are paid or are volunteers.

Federal law in the United States requires that institutions that receive funding from the government maintain a(n) _________ to review all research involving human subjects before it is initiated.

• a.Human Subject Council
• b.Research Advisory Board
• c.Institutional Review Board
• d.Safety in Research Office

In addition to assuring the safety of human subjects, scientific ethics help assure

• a.that all scientists report their findings to the federal government.
• b.that mistakes are never made in science.
• c.that scientific laboratories are safe workplaces.
• d.the reliability of scientific research results.