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Dove, Edward S.; Garattini, Chiara – Research Ethics, 2018
Life sciences research is increasingly international and data-intensive. Researchers work in multi-jurisdictional teams or formally established research consortia to exchange data and conduct research using computation of multiple sources and volumes of data at multiple sites and through multiple pathways. Despite the internationalization and data…
Descriptors: Ethics, Expertise, Scientific Research, Biological Sciences
Anson, Chris M.; Hall, Susanne; Pemberton, Michael; Moskovitz, Cary – AILA Review, 2020
Text recycling (hereafter TR), sometimes problematically called "self-plagiarism," involves the verbatim reuse of text from one's own existing documents in a newly created text -- such as the duplication of a paragraph or section from a published article in a new article. Although plagiarism is widely eschewed across academia and the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Ethics, Plagiarism, Publishing Industry
Diaz-Martinez, Laura A.; Fisher, Ginger R.; Esparza, David; Bhatt, Jay M.; D'Arcy, Christina E.; Apodaca, Jennifer; Brownell, Sara; Corwin, Lisa; Davis, William B.; Floyd, Kevin W.; Killion, Patrick J.; Madden, Jaclyn; Marsteller, Patricia; Mayfield-Meyer, Teresa; McDonald, Kelly K.; Rosenberg, Martina; Yarborough, Mark A.; Olimpo, Jeffrey T. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Advancement of the scientific enterprise relies on individuals conducting research in anethical and responsible manner. Educating emergent scholars in the principles of ethics/responsible conduct of research (E/RCR) is therefore critical to ensuring such advancement. The recent impetus to include authentic research opportunities as part of the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Training, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
Ashley, Sonia; Goodman, Ira – Journal of Research Administration, 2015
The significance of biorepositories has been known for many years but the latest advances in clinical and translational research and increased collaborations among investigators have made biorepositories even more prominent. Biorepositories collect and store human tissue and serum samples used in both the research and treatment of disease. In…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Administration, Cancer, Biological Sciences
National Academies Press, 2013
Spurred on by new discoveries and rapid technological advances, the capacity for life science research is expanding across the globe-and with it comes concerns about the unintended impacts of research on the physical and biological environment, human well-being, or the deliberate misuse of knowledge, tools, and techniques to cause harm. This…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Scientific Research, Science Education, Global Approach
National Academies Press, 2011
The Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences workshop was held to engage the life sciences community on the particular security issues related to research with dual use potential. More than 60 participants from almost 30 countries took part and included practicing life scientists, bioethics and…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach, Workshops, Scientific Research
Takacs, Peter; Ruse, Michael – Science & Education, 2013
The philosophy of biology today is one of the most exciting areas of philosophy. It looks critically across the life sciences, teasing out conceptual issues and difficulties bringing to bear the tools of philosophical analysis to achieve clarification and understanding. This essay surveys work in all of the major directions of research:…
Descriptors: Ecology, Ethics, Evolution, Biology
de Villiers, Rian – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
The care and use of animals in education and medical research are very controversial and emotional public issues. Society needs to discuss these issues to reach an ethical stand. A sample of 118 sciences student teachers from a South African university responded to a questionnaire on animal rights and using animals for food, clothes, sport,…
Descriptors: Animals, Science Activities, Scientific Research, Animal Husbandry
de Villiers, Rian – Perspectives in Education, 2012
Vivisection (live animal experimentation) is a controversial issue for many people. The purpose of this case study is to examine the attitudes of prospective teachers toward vivisection in education and research, to determine if gender has an influence on these attitudes, and to discuss the implications of these attitudes with regard to teaching…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Scientific Research, Animals, Foreign Countries

Cohen, Stanley N. – Science, 1977
Makes a case for stressing the beneficial aspects of gene propagation, and answers many questions about the potential hazards of this research. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Biological Sciences, Ethics, Scientific Methodology

Science, 1973
Discusses some of the bioethical and legal questions related to in vitro fertilization of human eggs as a means of alleviating the suffering of infertile couples. (JR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Embryology, Ethics, Legal Responsibility

Culliton, Barbara J. – Science, 1973
Outlines the present situation regarding government sponsored training grants for graduate education in the sciences. Training grants and medical ethics have become inextricably linked in the course of efforts to get a training bill passed in Congress, and at this point, the bill is still under consideration. (JR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Educational Legislation, Ethics, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1976
This Senate bill includes a discussion of the need for legislation protecting human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research and provides synopses of public hearings on this subject conducted by the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The legislation providing for the establishment of the Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Biological Sciences, Civil Liberties, Ethics

Blumenthal, David – Academic Medicine, 1996
Reviews the status of academic-industry relationships (AIRs) in the life sciences from both ethical and empirical perspectives, identifying ethical issues that have been resolved and those that must still be debated. Concludes that more research is needed on both the positive and negative effects of AIRs, especially in the development of better…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Conflict of Interest, Ethics, Higher Education
Tang, Bor Luen; Gan, Yunn Hwen – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2005
Senior undergraduates in the honors or graduation year with an intention to further their career in science would soon face the real world of scientific research as a junior scientist. It is important to acquaint these students with and adequately prepare them for the key aspects of a scientist's professional life. These include technical…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Scientific Research, Scientists, Biological Sciences
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