Ethics and Research
- Ethics Resources
- Courses for Credit
Ethics Resources
CALS Ethics Policy
CALS has established a mechanism for students or other researchers to report suspected incidences of scientific misconduct on the part of anyone including professors. The details of the whistle blower policy can be found in a PDF document here.
Research with Human Subjects
The university's new guidelines regarding training for reseach involving human subjects can be found here. Other links and more information are on the Research Division website.
Research with Animals
Research will animals is overseen by RARC (Research Animal Resourses Center) on the UW campus. The policies on the ethics of animal use can be found at http://www.rarc.wisc.edu/guide/index.html. Other sections on the RARC web site contain information about training and contact information.
Scientific Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity at the National Institutes of Health provides a wealth of information on topics related to scientific integrity
Books and Articles
"The Allocation of Credit," "Authorship Practices" and "Error and Negligence in Science" in On Being a Scientist. National Academy Press, Washington D. C., 1995.
Lawrence, P. A. 2003. The Politics of publication. Nature 422:259-261.
Pascal, C. B. 2006. Managing data for integrity: policies and procedures for ensuring the accuracy and quality of the data in the laboratory. Science and Engineering Ethics 12:23-39.
Related Courses for Credit
Courses in ethical conduct in research
Courses discuss topics such as peer review, authorship, intellectual property, human subject research, interpersonal relationships in collaborations, conflicts of interest, treatment of data, and misconduct in research. See the Graduate Catalog for more information on specific courses. (Not all of these courses are offered through CALS; each school/college is listed in parentheses next to the course.)
General Courses
- Horticulture 875: Research Ethics (CALS)
- Environmental Studies 900: Professional Skills Training Seminar (NI)
Courses that meet all the requirements for NIH trainees
- Oncology 675: Appropriate Conduct and Effective Communication in Science (SMPH)
- Surgical Sciences 812: Research Ethics and Career Development (SVM)
- Bacteriology 901: Advanced Seminar: responsible conduct in research (CALS)
- Medical History and Bioethics 999: Research Ethics, cross-listed with Horticulture 875 and Agronomy 875 (SMPH)
Courses that only partially meet the requirements for NIH trainees
- Medical History and Bioethics 545: Ethical and regulatory issues in clinical investigation (SMPH)
- Medical History and Bioethics 559: Human experimentation course (SMPH)
- Medical History and Bioethics 565: Ethics of modern biotechnology (SMPH (cross-listed with Agronomy, Philosophy, and Rural Sociology)
- Medical History and Bioethics 728: Bioethics and society (SMPH)
- Medical History and Bioethics 905: Bioethics and the law (SMPH)
- Medical History and Bioethics 906: Law, Science, and Biotechnology (SMPH)