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Here's an instructive if unfortunate episode in research ethics at a LANGURE institution.
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The Wisconsin Journal
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 - 12:28
Students pay stiff price for blowing the whistle
DAVID WAHLBERG dwahlberg@madison.com
They were graduate students studying a tiny worm. But the dilemma they faced was huge: should they risk their careers by telling officials their adviser seemed to be committing fraud?
The decision by six UW-Madison graduate students to air allegations against Elizabeth Goodwin, an associate professor of genetics, led to her resignation in March.
A university investigative report released in May said Goodwin falsified data in three grant applications, considered "compelling evidence of scientific misconduct."
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The students were "incredibly courageous," said Irwin Goldman, associate dean for research in the university's College of Agricultural and Life Science.
"It's extremely difficult to raise questions of scientific misconduct in any situation," said Goldman, who oversaw the Goodwin probe. "To do it when your mentor is the target is exceptional."
The university did all it could to help the students, he said, but still "they have paid a very large price."
To read complete article: http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=92886&ntpid=2
This will be a great case for students to study. The issues here are so much more clear cut than in the David Baltimore/Margot O'Toole case.
I've read many cases about whistleblowing and professional ethics, but there are so few related to research ethics (or at least so few that I know about).
-Ed Gehringer
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