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Section One: Ethical Issues in Research

CASE STUDY: Crashing into Law

Oleson believes he has a responsibility to tell the lawyer the limitations of the Budgetair testing, most specifically that the model had not been validated with the DC-9 aircraft or soft surface crash sites.

He tells the lawyer what the test seemed to show, but also that he is unwilling to say with absolute certainty that the damage was caused by something other than the crash alone.

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The lawyer thanks Dr. Oleson for his work and tells him that he will require no further assistance in this matter.

The lawyer thanks Dr. Oleson for his hard work, reminds him of the confidentiality pledge, and offers to negotiate with Dr. Oleson what he might be willing to put in writing.

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