Case Studies


Cases from the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Brian Schrag, Editor, posted by the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science. All of these cases have teaching commentary from APPE.

Counting Sheep: Ethical Protocols in Animal Research

Using sheep as models for surgical protocol in a cancer research study

Changing the Subject

Research on the central nervous system with conscious research subject

The Gladiator Sparrow: Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research on Captive Populations of Wild Animals

Ethics of dealing with social aggression among research subjects

The Painful Experience

A rodent model of inflammatory bowel disease: how far to go?

What is Your Drive? Science or Ethics?

HIV infection research in chimpanzees

Cases from the Case Studies in Science Collection, State University of New York, Buffalo

Nanobacteria: Are They or Aren’t They Alive?

What is the status of nanobacteria in terms of the biological definition of life?

A Dilemma Case on “Animal Rights”

About frog dissection labs, yes or no

Case from the Memorial University of Newfoundland

Animals in Research: Case 12

Concerns HIV research in a maintained free ranging colony of chimpanzees

Cases from the Cardiac Mechanics Research Group, University of California, San Diego

Resources: Animal Use

1. How far would you deviate from an established protocol, and in what ways?

2. Issue of pain in research