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O N L I N E R E S E A R C H E T H I C S C O U R S E Section One: Interpersonal Responsibility CASE STUDY: Dealing with Disappointment Offer Declined. John declined Dr. Smith's offer with a laugh. "I'm not going to put my name on something when I don't know anything about how the work was done. What if someone asked me to defend it? Anyway, I've been thinking about these results all weekend," he said. "Until I repeat the experiment and figure out whether I made a mistake, whether there is some sort of calibration error, or whether we are seeing true results that we didn't expect, I'm not going to be able to think about anything else." John expected that whatever he discovered, he would have the foundation for his thesis. John's refusal of the offer was ethically required. Claiming the work as his own would have been an example of plagiarism, a type of research misconduct. Choose an alternative response that Dr. Smith might have made to John when he declined her offer: Dr. Smith turned the project over to a new student. Dr. Smith discussed John's refusal with a colleague. To repeat the case, click this link.
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