<< Previous Section | < Previous Page | Next Page > | Next Section >> Case - Expropriation of trainees work A graduate student wrote a thesis detailing a new method for teaching nutrition to schoolchildren. She claimed that one of her thesis advisors appropriated her ideas, began lecturing on her work and eventually got a grant to carry out her proposal, excluding her. All agree that he did that, using it to teach obese adults rather than school children. She complained, got her Ph.D. but her university did not protect her. The complaint to the ORI at the Department of HHS was examined and dismissed eventually because it did not involve the quality of the scientific record and did not violate the misconduct trio of Fabrication, Falsification or Plagiarism. The faculty member had not plagiarized because he admitted his source, indicating that the thesis was published and thus was in the public domain. The thesis was only available in the institutional library and was not in a peer-reviewed journal. Questions: What rights does an entrepreneurial faculty member have over the work of a trainee? If you suspected that this was going to happen to you what would or could you do? What protections do trainees need? << Previous Section | < Previous Page | Next Page > | Next Section >> Chapter 8 Quick Links Malfeasance and Misconduct Definitions Process Whistleblowing Litigation, the New Approach to Research Management The Importance of Trust Cases Bibliography Chapter 8 Download (PDF)