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Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences

Readers with a scholarly interest in fields such as psychology, political science, or economics may want to explore the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), which "works to strengthen the integrity of social science research and evidence used for policy-making [...] in ways that promote research transparency, reproducibility, and openness." The BITSS website offers...

https://www.bitss.org/
Ethics Videos on the Web

Given the constant barrage of rather trite material available from most major media outlets, the recent discovery of this fine site is a welcome breath of fresh air. Developed by Professor Lawrence M. Hinman as part of his Ethics Updates site (which has been online since 1994), this part of his main site is dedicated to providing high-quality lectures and discussions from prominent philosophers...

http://ethics.acusd.edu/video/index.html
Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct

A new offering from the National Academies Press has been made available entitled "Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct." The freely viewable and printable publication has chapter headings that include The Research Environment and Its Impact on Integrity in Research, Institutional Approaches to Fostering Integrity in Research, and Promoting...

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10430/integrity-in...
On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research

This booklet was published by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine in 1995 and remains an essential source for current information on many aspects of scientific conduct. It contains sections on the social foundations of science, values in science, conflicts of interest, publications and openness, authorship practices, misconduct in...

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/4917/chapter/1
Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

Established in 1995 under a grant from the National Science Foundation, the Ethics center is designed to provide "engineers, scientists, science and engineering students with resources useful for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work life" or for including ethical problems in their courses. To that end, this site offers an array of resources. In the...

https://onlineethics.org/
Two Former Harvard Scientists Arrested for Stealing and Violation of Employment Agreement

Wednesday, June 19, scientists Jiangyu Zhu, a 30-year old Chinese citizen, and Kayoko Kimbara, a 32-year old Japanese citizen, were charged with stealing trade secrets from a laboratory at Harvard Medical School's department of cell biology. According to the federal complaint, the trade secrets included both biological materials and scientific documents relating to drug research that has the...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2002/0621