Ethics Issues in the Practice of Physics: Seminar Responses
We welcome your feedback from the seminar "Ethics Issues in the Practice of Physics" that was held on Monday, April 17th at 4:00.
posted by Gary Comstock @ 11:11 AM
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I'm glad this is here; it will hopefully stimulate discussion.
Professor Michael Paesler of NC State is leading a national team developing a module on ethics in physics. The target audience will be doctoral students in physics. To watch its evolution, go to the LANGURE "Land Grant University Research Ethics" website and click on the Physics module.
http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/langure/
Gary and Michael,
Following up on our conversation after your physics department colloquium, here are some links to a few examples of other interesting ethics issues to graduate students in science:
Regarding a high profile case of advisor-student relations:
Chronical of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/colloquy/98/suicide/background.htm
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v45/i09/09a01201.htm
New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9D00E5DB1F30F93AA15752C1A96E958260
Nature
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v395/n6705/full/395823a0_fs.html
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v395/n6705/full/395826a0_fs.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v399/n6736/full/399521a0_fs.html
Here are some references to a controversy involving sonoluminescence that is presently unfolding:
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060306/full/060306-2.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7100/full/442230b.html
And there are many more published discussions about it:
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2006/060308.Mason.fusion.html
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060306/full/060306-3.html
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060306/full/060306-1.html
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