Research Ethics

This reader provides a thorough overview of the ethical dilemmas confronting contemporary research scientists. Original material, reprints, and cases on topics such as relationships with colleagues, institutional responsibility, conflict of interest, experimentation with animals and humans, and methodologies for ethically conducting, reporting, and funding research clarify difficult questions for students and professionals alike. The collection supports efforts, in response to increasingly stringent federal mandates, to include ethics instruction in research training.

Deni Elliott is Director of the Practical Ethics Center and University Professor of Ethics at the University of Montana. Her books include The Ethics of Asking: Dilemmas in Higher Education Fund Raising (1995) and Responsible Journalism (1986). Judy E. Stern is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She is actively involved in biomedical research and is associated with the Dartmouth Ethics Institute.