This casebook was funded through the ORI RCR Resource Development Program to James M. DuBois, St. Louis University.

Disclaimer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Authorship and Publication

•  Case One: My Lab Boss Put His Name on My Papers and Proposals
•  Case Two: Risky Authorship
•  Case Three: Should I Be Listed as an Author?
•  Role Play: Is Theft of Authorship About to Occur?

Research Misconduct

•  Case One: Were These Slides Falsified?
•  Case Two: Struggling to Understand Plagiarism
•  Case Three: Haven’t I Seen that Protocol Before?
•  Case Four: Accusations of Falsifying Data
•  Role Play: In a Stew over Cooked Data

Collaboration

•  Case One: Alternative Therapies and Awkward Collaborations
•  Case Two: Conflicts with Community Leaders
•  Role Play: An Uncomfortable Working Relationship

Data Acquisition and Management

•  Case One: Creating a Public Archive of Sensitive Data
•  Case Two: Data Sharing Fever
•  Case Three: I Really Can’t Acquire Important Data?
•  Role Play: Genome Data Breach

Conflicts of Interest

•  Case One: Age-Old Conflicts
•  Case Two: Taking Advantage of Patient Trust
•  Case Three: It Slipped My Mind…
•  Role Play: Playing Fast & Loose

Peer Review

•  Case One: Pandering to the Public
•  Case Two: Getting a Fair Shake
•  Case Three: Getting Scooped by a Reviewer
•  Role Play: Mysteriously Similar Articles

Mentor and Trainee Relationships

•  Case One: Suspect Motives and Work Ethic
•  Case Two: Bullied or Mentored?
•  Case Three: Power Struggles in the Lab
•  Role Play: The Sad Truth

Social Responsibility

•  Case One: Putting Social Advocacy Before the Data
•  Case Two: Career Dreams Up in Smoke?
•  Case Three: Magic Key
•  Role Play: A Padded Budget

References

An accompanying Instructors’ Manual is available.