November 10, 2006

Universities Experiment With Classes in Scientific Ethics

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Pilot programs tackle a difficult topic amid questions about such education's efficacy

Art, a postdoctoral researcher, faces a sticky ethical dilemma, one he received no guidance on how to handle when he was a graduate student.

To reduce costs, a professor, Matt, who is also Art's mentor, has asked him to cut a corner in a laboratory procedure, even though that may produce inaccurate test results. What to do? Art depends on Matt for his livelihood, professional development, and

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