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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 Four: Professional Responsibility CASE STUDY: Competition and Collaboration Dr. Hinkly's lab has just published a paper reporting the synthesis of a new ceramic-alloy that acts as a superconductor at high temperature. His studies are not complete, but his plan is to get the greatest number of publications for the buck. Hinkly immediately receives a request for a sample of material from Dr. Li, a competitor working at a large corporate research lab. Hinkly is convinced that Li's lab will use the sample to complete studies more quickly than Hinkly can do in his smaller lab. He is compelled by journal policy to provide Li with the material requested. Hinkly sends Li a different ceramic-alloy, but identifies it as the requested material. He plans to "recognize" his error and send Li the real alloy in three months after Hinkly's group has completed their own studies. Hinkly plans to apologize to Li for his "error in sample identification." Click on your choice below: The difference in the size of the labs justify Hinkly's substitution. Hinkly deserves Li's request as a consequence of premature publication. Hinkly is ethically required to send Li the correct ceramic-alloy in a timely fashion.
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