Publications

The seventh volume in our series, Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, is now available and is focused on the social sciences. These cases were developed with our latest work last summer with a group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in our NSF-sponsored Graduate Research Ethics Education project. The cases were written by participants with additional commentaries provided by workshop faculty.

Volume Seven includes cases dealing with research on groups, research with indigenous peoples, encountering criminal behavior in the course of research, invasion of privacy, use of students in research, the IRB and social science research, conflicting roles of researchers, and research on the internet.

The first six volumes, with the same format as Volume Seven, focus on cases in the natural sciences and engineering. The cost of each volume is $17, including shipping within the United States. The set of seven volumes is available for $115.00.

To go to a description of the entire 7-set series, click here. To order, please print and complete the order form here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.

Oxford University Press Series in Practical and Professional Ethics

The Association publishes, in cooperation with Oxford University Press, the Practical and Professional Ethics Series. The new series editor is Robert Audi, University of Nebraska; Co-Editor is Patrick E. Murphy, Notre Dame. The series includes:

Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays, Henry Sidgwick, with an introduction by Sissela Bok, 1998
Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession, Michael Davis, 1998
Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement, edited by Stephen Macedo, 1999
From Social Justice to Criminal Justice: Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law, edited by William C. Heffernan and John Kleinig, 2000
Meaningful Work: Rethinking Professional Ethics, Mike W. Martin, 2000
Conflict of Interest in the Professions, Edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark, 2001
The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science, David B. Resnik, 2007
A Philosophical Approach to Journalism Ethics, Edited by Christopher Meyers, 2008

For a more complete description of each book, please see below.

Association members receive a 20% discount on all books in the Oxford Series. To place an order, call the Oxford University Press at 800-451-7556 and identify yourself as a member of the Association.

A Philosophical Approach to Journalism Ethics, Edited by Christopher Meyers, 2008

Since the introduction of radio and television news, journalism has gone through multiple transformations, each time being sustained by a commitment to basic values and best practices. Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach is a reminder, a defense and an elucidation of core journalistic values, with particular emphasis on the interplay of theory, conceptual analysis and practice. The book begins with a sophisticated model for ethical decision-making, one that connects classical theories with the central purposes of journalism. Top scholars from philosophy, journalism and communications offer essays on such topics as objectivity, privacy, confidentiality, conflict of interest, the history of journalism, online journalism, and the definition of a journalist. The result is a guide to ethically sound and socially justified journalism—in whatever form that practice emerges. Journalism Ethics will appeal to students and teachers of journalism ethics, as well as journalists and practical ethicists in general. Contributors: Jacqui Banaszynski, Jay Black, Sandy Borden, Clifford G. Christians, Renita Coleman, Stephanie Craft, Michael Davis, Rick Edmonds, Deni Elliott, Carrie Figdor, Candace Gauthier, Paul Martin Lester, Christopher Meyers, Julianne H. Newton, David Ozar, Patrick Lee Pleaisance, Aaron Quinn, Ian Richards, Jane Singer, Marty Steffens, Stephen J. A. Ward, Edward Wasserman, Herman Wasserman, Lee Wilkins, Wendy N. Wyatt, Rick Williams. Christopher Meyers is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at California State University, Bakersfield.

The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science, David B. Resnik, 2007

Modern science is big business. Governments, universities, and corporations have invested billions of dollars in scientific and technological research in the hope of obtaining power and profit. For the most part, this investment has benefited science and society, leading to new discoveries, inventions, disciplines, specialties, jobs, and career opportunities. However, there is a dark side to the influx of money into science. Unbridled pursuit of financial gain in science can undermine scientific norms, such as objectivity, honesty, openness, respect for research participants, and social responsibility.
In The Price of Truth, David B. Resnik examines some of the important and difficult questions resulting from the financial and economic aspects of modern science. How does money affect scientific research? Have scientists become entrepreneurs bent on making money instead of investigators searching for the truth? How does the commercialization of research affect the public's perception of science? Can scientists prevent money from corrupting the research enterprise? What types of rules, policies, and guidelines should scientists adopt to prevent financial interests from adversely affecting research and the public's opinion of science?
Resnik investigates and analyzes the relationship between the pursuit of financial gain and pursuit of knowledge. He considers how money can affect the conduct of scientists, universities, government agencies, and corporations. He also explores how moral, social, and political values affect public and private funding of research. Finally, he proposes some policies for controlling, regulating, and monitoring financial interests in research and for counteracting money's corrupting effects on science.

Conflict of Interest in the Professions, Edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark, 2001

Conflicts of interest pose special problems for the professions. Even the appearance of a conflict of interest can undermine essential trust between professional and public. This volume is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the ramifications and problems associated with this important issue. It contains fifteen new essays by noted scholars, and covers topics in law, medicine, journalism, engineering, financial services, and others.

As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas. In this pioneering new study, Martin challenges this "consensus paradigm" as he rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals. Using examples from medicine, law, teaching, journalism, engineering, business and ministry, he explores how personal commitments motivate, guide and give meaning to work. By taking personal commitments seriously, he vastly expands professional ethics to include neglected issues in moral psychology, character and the virtues, self-fulfillment and self-betrayal, and the interplay of private and professional life. He begins with an exploration of the roles played by personal ideals in giving meaning to work, interpreting professional responsibilities, and inspiring voluntary service. He then discusses the ideals of caring about clients and professional distance and takes up issues surrounding the interplay of personal ideals and respect for organizational authority. Finally, he examines three dangers: character-linked violations of shared professional norms, betrayal of personal ideals, and loss of balance that causes burnout and harm to families.

From Social Justice to Criminal Justice: Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law, edited by William C. Heffernan and John Kleinig, 2000

The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in sorely disproportionate numbers. Should economic deprivation then figure in the administration of criminal law? And if so, how? This collection of original, insightful essays explores such practical issues as heightened vulnerability, indigent representation, and rotten social background defenses; whether it is possible and warranted for deprivation to be accepted as a claim mitigating criminal liability; and whether and how the processes of criminal adjudication should be used to advance agendas of social justice. Contributors include legal and political philosophers Philip Pettit, George Fletcher and Jeremy Waldron.

Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement, edited by Stephen Macedo, 1999

The banner of deliberative democracy is attracting increasing numbers of supporters, in both the world's older and newer democracies. The effort to renew democratic politics is widely seen as a reaction to the dominance of liberal constitutionalism. Many questions surround the new project, however. What does deliberative democracy stand for? What difference would deliberative practices make in the real world of political conflict and public policy design? What is the relationship between deliberative politics and liberal constitutional arrangements? In Deliberative Politics, an all-star cast of political, legal and moral commentators criticize, extend or provide alternatives to the hopeful model of democratic deliberations proposed by Dennis Thompson and Amy Gutmann in Democracy and Disagreement. Individual essays discuss the value and limits of moral deliberation in politics and take up practical policy issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and health care reform. The book concludes with a thoughtful response from Gutmann and Thompson.

Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession, Michael Davis, 1998

Michael Davis, a leading figure in the study of professional ethics, offers here both a compelling exploration of engineering ethics and a philosophical analysis of engineering as a profession. After putting engineering in historical perspective, Davis turns to the Challenger space shuttle disaster to consider the complex relationship between engineering ideals and contemporary engineering practice. Here, Davis examines how social organization and technical requirements define how engineers should (and presumably do) think. Later chapters test his analysis of engineering judgement and autonomy empirically, engaging a range of social science research including a study of how engineers and managers work together in ten different companies.

Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays, Henry Sidgwick, with an introduction by Sissela Bok, 1998

A classic work in the field of practical and professional ethics, this collection of nine essays by English philosopher and educator Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) was first published in 1898 and forms a vital complement to Sidgwick’s major treatise on moral theology, The Methods of Ethics. Reissued here as the first volume in a new series sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, the book is composed chiefly of addresses to members of two ethical societies that Sidgwick helped to found in Cambridge and London in the 1880s. Clear, taut, and lively, these essays demonstrate the compassion and calm reasonableness that Sidgwick brought to all his writings. Introduction by noted ethicist Sissela Bok.

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How to Survive Graduate School and Start your Career in Science/Engineering

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Oxford University Press Series in Practical and Professional Ethics Volume VIII of the Oxford Series Research Ethics: Cases andCommentaries Volumes 1-7 How to Survive Graduate School and Start your Career in Science/Engineering Ethics Center Colloquium Monographs: Outreach, Consultation and Survival in Economic Hard Times 2010 and Succession Planning for Ethics Centers 2009 Developing Relationships: How Ethics Centers Can Succeed with Raising Funds Buy-in Everything but Money Mission, Vision and Strategic Planning Ethics Centers and Conflict of Interest Identifying Funding Sources for Ethics Centers Benchmarks of Ethics Center Excellence Ethically Speaking Other APPE Publications Other Publications and Journals International Journal of Applied Philosophy (APPE Member Benefit)	Publications and Journal Announcements Updated April 15, 2009 Publications of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Oxford University Press Series in Practical and Professional Ethics Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volumes 1-7 "How to Survive Graduate School and Start your Career in Science/Engineering" Ethics Center Colloquium Monographs: "Buy-in: Everything but Money!" "Mission, Vision and Strategic Planning," "Ethics Centers and Conflicts of Interest;" " Identifying Funding Sources for Ethics Centers;" and "Benchmarks of Ethics Center Excellence" Ethically Speaking The cost of each volume of Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries is $17, including shipping within the United States. The set of seven volumes is available for $115.00. You may use the Research Ethics order form (available here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader) "How to Survive Graduate School and Start your Career in Science/Engineering" is available for $10. You may use the Research Ethics order form (available here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader) The Ethics Center Colloquium Monographs are available for $5 each. You may use the Monograph order form (available here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader) To order Association publications, send payment or contact us at: Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Indiana University, 618 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 855-6450 Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 7 The seventh volume in our series, Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, is now available and is focused on the social sciences. These cases were developed with our latest work last summer with a group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in our NSF-sponsored Graduate Research Ethics Education project. The cases were written by participants with additional commentaries provided by workshop faculty. Volume Seven includes cases dealing with research on groups, research with indigenous peoples, encountering criminal behavior in the course of research, invasion of privacy, use of students in research, the IRB and social science research, conflicting roles of researchers, and research on the internet. The first six volumes, with the same format as Volume Seven, focus on cases in the natural sciences and engineering. The cost of each volume is $17, including shipping within the United States. The set of seven volumes is available for $115.00. To go to a description of the entire 7-set series, click here. To order, please print and complete the order form here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader. Back to top Oxford University Press Series in Practical and Professional Ethics Edited by Robert Audi Co-Edited by Patrick E. Murphy Sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics The Association publishes, in cooperation with Oxford University Press, the Practical and Professional Ethics Series. The new series editor is Robert Audi, University of Nebraska; Co-Editor is Patrick E. Murphy, Notre Dame. The series includes: *Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays, Henry Sidgwick, with an introduction by Sissela Bok, 1998 Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession, Michael Davis, 1998 Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement, edited by Stephen Macedo, 1999 From Social Justice to Criminal Justice: Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law, edited by William C. Heffernan and John Kleinig, 2000 Meaningful Work: Rethinking Professional Ethics, Mike W. Martin, 2000 Conflict of Interest in the Professions, Edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark, 2001 The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science, David B. Resnik, 2007 A Philosophical Approach to Journalism Ethics, Edited by Christopher Meyers, 2008 For a more complete description of each book, please see below. Association members receive a 20% discount on all books in the Oxford Series. To place an order, call the Oxford University Press at 800-451-7556 and identify yourself as a member of the Association. To see updates of the series, check the Oxford University Press web site at http://www.oup-usa.org/catalogs/general/series/Practical_and_Professional_Ethics.html _______________________________________________ Oxford Series, Volume VIII* A Philosophical Approach to Journalism Ethics, Edited by Christopher Meyers, 2008 Since the introduction of radio and television news, journalism has gone through multiple transformations, each time being sustained by a commitment to basic values and best practices. Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach is a reminder, a defense and an elucidation of core journalistic values, with particular emphasis on the interplay of theory, conceptual analysis and practice. The book begins with a sophisticated model for ethical decision-making, one that connects classical theories with the central purposes of journalism. Top scholars from philosophy, journalism and communications offer essays on such topics as objectivity, privacy, confidentiality, conflict of interest, the history of journalism, online journalism, and the definition of a journalist. The result is a guide to ethically sound and socially justified journalism—in whatever form that practice emerges. Journalism Ethics will appeal to students and teachers of journalism ethics, as well as journalists and practical ethicists in general. Contributors: Jacqui Banaszynski, Jay Black, Sandy Borden, Clifford G. Christians, Renita Coleman, Stephanie Craft, Michael Davis, Rick Edmonds, Deni Elliott, Carrie Figdor, Candace Gauthier, Paul Martin Lester, Christopher Meyers, Julianne H. Newton, David Ozar, Patrick Lee Pleaisance, Aaron Quinn, Ian Richards, Jane Singer, Marty Steffens, Stephen J. A. Ward, Edward Wasserman, Herman Wasserman, Lee Wilkins, Wendy N. Wyatt, Rick Williams. Christopher Meyers is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at California State University, Bakersfield. Oxford Series, Volume VII The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science, David B. Resnik, 2007 Modern science is big business. Governments, universities, and corporations have invested billions of dollars in scientific and technological research in the hope of obtaining power and profit. For the most part, this investment has benefited science and society, leading to new discoveries, inventions, disciplines, specialties, jobs, and career opportunities. However, there is a dark side to the influx of money into science. Unbridled pursuit of financial gain in science can undermine scientific norms, such as objectivity, honesty, openness, respect for research participants, and social responsibility. In The Price of Truth, David B. Resnik examines some of the important and difficult questions resulting from the financial and economic aspects of modern science. How does money affect scientific research? Have scientists become entrepreneurs bent on making money instead of investigators searching for the truth? How does the commercialization of research affect the public's perception of science? Can scientists prevent money from corrupting the research enterprise? What types of rules, policies, and guidelines should scientists adopt to prevent financial interests from adversely affecting research and the public's opinion of science? Resnik investigates and analyzes the relationship between the pursuit of financial gain and pursuit of knowledge. He considers how money can affect the conduct of scientists, universities, government agencies, and corporations. He also explores how moral, social, and political values affect public and private funding of research. Finally, he proposes some policies for controlling, regulating, and monitoring financial interests in research and for counteracting money's corrupting effects on science. Oxford Series, Volume VI Conflict of Interest in the Professions, Edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark, 2001 Conflicts of interest pose special problems for the professions. Even the appearance of a conflict of interest can undermine essential trust between professional and public. This volume is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the ramifications and problems associated with this important issue. It contains fifteen new essays by noted scholars, and covers topics in law, medicine, journalism, engineering, financial services, and others. Oxford Series, Volume V *Meaningful Work: Rethinking Professional Ethics, Mike W. Martin, 2000 As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas. In this pioneering new study, Martin challenges this "consensus paradigm" as he rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals. Using examples from medicine, law, teaching, journalism, engineering, business and ministry, he explores how personal commitments motivate, guide and give meaning to work. By taking personal commitments seriously, he vastly expands professional ethics to include neglected issues in moral psychology, character and the virtues, self-fulfillment and self-betrayal, and the interplay of private and professional life. He begins with an exploration of the roles played by personal ideals in giving meaning to work, interpreting professional responsibilities, and inspiring voluntary service. He then discusses the ideals of caring about clients and professional distance and takes up issues surrounding the interplay of personal ideals and respect for organizational authority. Finally, he examines three dangers: character-linked violations of shared professional norms, betrayal of personal ideals, and loss of balance that causes burnout and harm to families. Oxford Series, Volume IV* *From Social Justice to Criminal Justice: Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law, edited by William C. Heffernan and John Kleinig, 2000 The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in sorely disproportionate numbers. Should economic deprivation then figure in the administration of criminal law? And if so, how? This collection of original, insightful essays explores such practical issues as heightened vulnerability, indigent representation, and rotten social background defenses; whether it is possible and warranted for deprivation to be accepted as a claim mitigating criminal liability; and whether and how the processes of criminal adjudication should be used to advance agendas of social justice. Contributors include legal and political philosophers Philip Pettit, George Fletcher and Jeremy Waldron. Oxford Series, Volume III* *Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement, edited by Stephen Macedo, 1999 The banner of deliberative democracy is attracting increasing numbers of supporters, in both the world's older and newer democracies. The effort to renew democratic politics is widely seen as a reaction to the dominance of liberal constitutionalism. Many questions surround the new project, however. What does deliberative democracy stand for? What difference would deliberative practices make in the real world of political conflict and public policy design? What is the relationship between deliberative politics and liberal constitutional arrangements? In Deliberative Politics, an all-star cast of political, legal and moral commentators criticize, extend or provide alternatives to the hopeful model of democratic deliberations proposed by Dennis Thompson and Amy Gutmann in Democracy and Disagreement. Individual essays discuss the value and limits of moral deliberation in politics and take up practical policy issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and health care reform. The book concludes with a thoughtful response from Gutmann and Thompson. Oxford Series, Volume II* *Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession, Michael Davis, 1998 Michael Davis, a leading figure in the study of professional ethics, offers here both a compelling exploration of engineering ethics and a philosophical analysis of engineering as a profession. After putting engineering in historical perspective, Davis turns to the Challenger space shuttle disaster to consider the complex relationship between engineering ideals and contemporary engineering practice. Here, Davis examines how social organization and technical requirements define how engineers should (and presumably do) think. Later chapters test his analysis of engineering judgement and autonomy empirically, engaging a range of social science research including a study of how engineers and managers work together in ten different companies. Oxford Series, Volume I* *Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays, Henry Sidgwick, with an introduction by Sissela Bok, 1998 A classic work in the field of practical and professional ethics, this collection of nine essays by English philosopher and educator Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) was first published in 1898 and forms a vital complement to Sidgwick’s major treatise on moral theology, The Methods of Ethics. Reissued here as the first volume in a new series sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, the book is composed chiefly of addresses to members of two ethical societies that Sidgwick helped to found in Cambridge and London in the 1880s. Clear, taut, and lively, these essays demonstrate the compassion and calm reasonableness that Sidgwick brought to all his writings. Introduction by noted ethicist Sissela Bok. Back to top Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries* Brian Schrag, Editor Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Since 1996, the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics has worked with seven cohorts of graduate students and post doctoral fellows in the physical, natural and social sciences as well as engineering from over sixty research universities on a project in research ethics education funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant Numbers SBR-9421897 and SES-9817880). One byproduct of the work has been case studies and commentaries written by participants, generally drawing on their own experience. The seven volumes include 101 cases in research ethics, along with commentaries, on a wide variety of topics which are suitable for use in the undergraduate and graduate classroom as well as for discussions in seminars on research ethics and for faculty development. Most cases involve some morally problematic behavior in research, but some cases involve analysis of someone “doing the right thing.” The journal, Science and Engineering Ethics, has published several of the cases and commentaries. Each of the cases with commentaries appeared with an introduction by Brian Schrag and an additional commentary on the case by a participant, written especially for the journal issue. The first case, “Forbidden Knowledge,” appeared in Science and Engineering Ethics, (2003) Volume 9, Issue 3. The second case, “Barking up the Wrong Tree,” appeared in Science and Engineering Ethics, (2003) Volume 9, Issue 4. The third case, “The Gladiator Sparrow: Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research on Captive Populations of Wild Animals: A Case Study with Commentaries Exploring Ethical Issues and Research on Wild Animal Populations,” appeared in Science and Engineering Ethics, (2004) Volume10, Issue 4. To order, please print and complete the order form here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader. For more information: (812) 855-6450; FAX (812) 856-4969; appe@indiana.edu. Following is a brief summary of the topics and titles of cases covered in the seven volumes. *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 1* (1997) Faculty Responsibility to Graduate Students “The Successful Side Business” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard Faculty Collaboration with Students: Authorship “Informal Discussions/Formal Authority” Commentary by Deborah Johnson “The Lisa Bach Case” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “To Publish Alone” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil Collaboration, Intellectual Contribution, Authorship “Jack Fry’s Interview” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “The Temporary Post-Doc” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch “So You Wanted To Be a Co-Author” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard Intellectual Property, Collaboration “The Statute of Limitations” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch “Ownership of Knowledge and Graduate Education” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “Protection from Proposal Idea Scooping?” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard Research on Human Subjects -- Dead or Alive “Do the Ends Justify the Means? The Ethics of Deception in Social Science Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Ethical Issues in Longitudinal Research with At-Risk Children and Adolescents” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Blowing the Whistle on a Therapeutic Experiment” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind Commentary by Vivian Weil “Informed Consent for Use of Stored Specimens” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch “With Bones of Contention: Repatriation of Human Remains” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag Back to top *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 2* (1998) Authorship “When in Rome: Conventions in Assignment of Authorship” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “The Co-Authorship Controversy” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard “Sherry’s Secret” Participant Commentary Commentary by Deborah Johnson Intellectual Property “Bad Chemistry” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “To Review or Not: Reviewing the Competition” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch “New Technology – Who Is the Designer?” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard Mentor Relations “Questions on the Topic of Whistle Blowing” Participant Commentary Commentary by Deborah Johnson “Confidentiality Concerns” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “Today’s Specials” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch Research on Animals and Humans “Counting Sheep: Ethical Problems in Animal Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Changing the Subject” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Informed Consent and the Collection of Biological Samples from Indigenous Populations” Participant Commentary Commentary by Deborah Johnson “Scientific Research and the Autonomy of Indigenous Peoples: The Case of the Kennewick Man” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag Compromising Research “Beyond Expertise: One Person’s Science, Another Person’s Policy” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard “Crashing Into Law” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Industry Funding of Academic Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “The Incomplete Technical Presentation” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind Back to top *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 3* (1999) Laboratory Management of Research “Whose Lab Is It?” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch “The Communism of Science” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “Related Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “Hazardous Materials” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind Mentor Responsibilities “ Mentor Support?” Participant Commentary Commentary by Deborah Johnson “O, What a Tangled Web We Weave!” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch Integrity in Research “Reviewer Confidentiality vs. Mentor Responsibilities: A Conflict of Obligations” Participant Commentary Commentary by Deborah Johnson “Collaboration and Credit” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “Owing Your Soul to the Pharmaceutical Store” Participant Commentary Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “Truth or Consequence” Participant Commentary Commentary by Karen Muskavitch “The Chance Meeting” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard Human Subjects Research “Complex Concerns” Participant Commentary Commentary by Deborah Johnson “Ethical Issues in Research with Children” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Does HIV Affect All? Researchers’ Duty to Warn” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Political Points” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag Policy Issues “Stuff and Things: Paying for Publication” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “The Admissions Committee” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard “From Fundamental Physics to the Private Sector” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael Pritchard Back to top *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 4* (2000) Research with Human and Animal Subjects “Music Therapy: Research on Human Subjects with Mental Disorders” Commentary by Brian Schrag “Forbidden Knowledge” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “The Gladiator Sparrow: Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research on Captive Populations of Wild Animals” Commentary by Brian Schrag Mentor/Faculty Responsibilities “Who Controls Where Information Will be Published?” Commentary by Vivian M. Weil “Who Framed Roger’s Data?” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “To Control or Not to Control?” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “The Final Exam” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “A Young Woman’s Struggle for Peace” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Fair Play” Commentary by Vivian Weil Mutual Responsibilities in Collaborative Research “In Need of a Helping Hand” Commentary by Deborah Johnson Authorship “A Single Author Paper” Commentary by Vivian M. Weil “Student Publishes” Commentary by Vivian M. Weil Professional Responsibilities in Consulting “Vote Early and Often” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “A Second Story” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard Multiple Roles of Public Scientists “The Federal Scientist: Multiple Roles and Moral Issues” Commentary by Deborah Johnson Back to top *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 5* (2001) Research on Humans “An Impoverished Student” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “Pregnancy Results?” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “Crossing Cultural Barriers: Informed Consent in Developing Countries” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “But for the Fear of What You Might Find Out” Commentary by Deborah G. Johnson “PI or Private Investigator?” Commentary by Brian Schrag The Use of Animals “The Painful Experience” Commentary by Brian Schrag Authorship “Seminar” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Patent Authorship: Whose DNA Is It, Anyway?” Commentary by Vivian M. Weil “To Be or Not to Be Included” Commentary by Deborah G. Johnson Relationships in the Lab “The Hardware Lab” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “Much Obliged” Commentary by Vivian M. Weil “Preliminary Data” Commentary by Vivian M. Weil “What a Site!” Commentary by Deborah G. Johnson “The Slave Driver vs. the Lazy Student” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard Scientists' Social Responsibilities “A pHish Tale” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind Back to top *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 6* (2002) Faculty Responsibilities “Responsibilities to Undergraduate and Graduate Students” Commentary by Deborah G. Johnson “Friendship vs. Authorship” Commentary by Vivian Weil “The Graduate Student Laborer” Commentary by Vivian Weil “The Under-Prepared Student” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Making the Grade” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “How Much Help is Too Much?” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind “Too Much Help is Not Enough” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind Collegial Relations and Research Collaboration “Post-doc Blues” Commentary by Vivian Weil “The Rat Race” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “Richard’s Radioactive Risk” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch “The Extended Project” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch Authorship “Left in the Dark” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Authorship” Commentary by Vivian Weil Managing Grants “Travel Funds” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Salary Offsets” Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard Research on Animals “What Is Your Drive? Science or Ethics?” Commentary by Karen M.T. Muskavitch Research in Industry “The Lease of Their Problems” Commentary by P. Aarne Vesilind Data and Subject Confidentiality “Paper or Plastic? From Paper Records to Electronic Database” Commentary by Deborah G. Johnson “A DNA Dilemma” Commentary by Brian Schrag “Share and Share Alike?” Commentary by Brian Schrag “The Company That Cared Too Much” Commentary by Brian Schrag Back to top *Research Ethics: Cases and Commentaries, Volume 7* (2006) Research on the Internet “Conducting Research in Online Communities” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag “Ethical Issues in Incorporating Online Information with Interview-Based Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Ullica Segerstral Invasion of Privacy “Student Unit Record Databases: Ethical Implications and Considerations” Participant Commentary Commentary by Barry Bull “Keeping Things Private” Participant Commentary Commentary by Ullica Segerstrale Avoiding the IRB “Oral History Projects and Research Involving Human Subjects” Participant Commentary Commentary by Peter Finn “Bypassing the IRB” Participant Commentary Commentary by Peter Finn Students in Research “Ethical Issues in Student Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Research on Linguistic Profiling of Terrorists” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil Research Across Cultures “What We Have Here is a Failure to Collaborate” Participant Commentary Commentary by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh “Ethical Issues in International Educational Research” Participant Commentary Commentary by Barry Bull “Ethical Considerations: When Epistemological Systems Collide” Participant Commentary Commentary by Frederika Kaestle Uncovering Wrongdoing “Ethical Issues in Discovering Criminal Behavior During Interviews” Participant Commentary Commentary by Vivian Weil “To Tell or Not to Tell” Participant Commentary Commentary by Ullica Segerstrale “The Case of the Over Eager Collaborator” Participant Commentary Commentary by Frederika Kaestle “Challenges in Obtaining Informed Consent: The Case of Forest Resources in Zigiwan” Participant Commentary Commentary by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh Conflicting Roles of Researchers “Ethical Considerations with Archaeology and Community Conflict” Participant Commentary Commentary by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh “Family Decision-Making about End-of-Life Care” Participant Commentary Commentary by Michael S. Pritchard “Ethical Issues in Psychological Research with Sexual Minorities” Participant Commentary Commentary by Brian Schrag Back to top How to Survive Graduate School and Start your Career in Science/Engineering A Handbook for Graduate Research Ethics Education by Graduate Research Ethics Education Participants (2004). This monograph contains essays written by eighteen participants of the Graduate Research Ethics Education Project. There are essays on relationships of graduate students to advisors, mentors, faculty committees, academic research groups, and external collaborators. Also included are essays on research practices including, authorship, data ownership, interpretation and modeling, research with human participants, use of hazardous materials, peer review processes and ethical issues in teaching, industrial collaborations and handling misconduct. There is a final section on science and society. (Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 2004.) This handbook was produced with the support of the National Science Foundation (Grants 9421897 and 9817880). This Graduate Handbook is available for $10.00 each. To order, please print and complete the order form here in PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader, or you may call 812-855-6450 or email to appe@indiana.edu. Preface Ethical issues surround and permeate science. Graduate students encounter these issues in a variety of ways - in the human relationships they develop as part of their professional training, in the everyday decisions they make regarding their research, in learning and coming to grips with the practices of science, in thinking about the choices they (and other scientists) make about their research and its effects on the world. While much has been written about science and even about the ethical issues arising in and around science, little has been written specifically for graduate students in the sciences and engineering. Indeed, very few resources (written or otherwise) are available to help graduate students to navigate the ethical dilemmas they face and to make sense of their experiences in graduate school and after. This handbook is an attempt to fill the gap. It is written by graduate students for graduate students. While it is intended especially for students who are just beginning graduate school, to prepare them for what they might encounter, it may also be helpful to more seasoned graduate students who are looking for assistance in understanding the graduate school environment. The handbook is the product of a project that began in 1996 when the National Science Foundation's Program on Ethics and Values (in the Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology Program) funded a proposal for workshops training graduate students in research ethics. The project, conducted by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, aimed to provide training in research ethics to graduate students in science and engineering so as to reach them early in their careers, in the hope that the early involvement and training would have a lasting effect on their attitudes and interests throughout their careers. From 1996-2003, graduate students with excellent records in their fields of specialization and an interest in ethics attended a five-day summer workshop at Indiana University and a follow-up meeting during the subsequent year. A second NSF grant allowed all the participants to be brought together as an alumni group so as to facilitate development of a community of scientists and engineers interested in research ethics. The idea for this handbook emerged from the alumni group. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I. Introduction - Why Research Ethics? Why Care A. The Graduate Research Ethics Education Project - Brian Schrag B. Why Care? - Melanie L. Leitner II. Relationships A. Overview - Julie Anne Reyes B. Choosing an Adviser/Mentor: Four Takes Considerations in Choosing a Research Adviser - Amy E. Sayle How Does One Choose an Adviser or Mentor? - Monette M. Cotreau Choosing an Adviser and/or Mentor - Katherine M. Young Yet Another Take on Choosing an Adviser - Sara E. Wilson C. Relationship Dynamics in Faculty Committees - Sara E.Wilson D. Relationships in the Academic Research Group - Tristan Fiedler E. External Collaborations in the Life of the Graduate Student - Lida Anestidou III. Practices A. Research Integrity: Being Wrong vs. Doing Wrong - James J. Corbet B. Authorship Authorship and Credit Practices - Vanessa L. Ott Some Practical Advice about Authorship - Julia Frugoli C. Research Practices Data Ownership and Maintenance - Julia Frugoli Ethical Dimensions of Statistical Analysis - Jeffrey L. Dudycha and C. Kevin Geedey Modeling - Sara E. Wilson D. Ethics in Research with Human Participants - Tara L. Kuther E. Use of Hazardous Materials - Lisa Y. Stein F. Navigating the Peer Review Process - Jennifer M. McCafferty G. Ethical Issues in Teaching - Tara L. Kuther H. Industrial Collaborations - Josephine M. Li-McLeod I. Handling Misconduct - DeAnne Marie Goodenough-Lashua, Lisa P. Landrum and Sara E. Wilson IV. Science and Society A. Overview B. Social Consequences in Applied Science and Engineering - Sara E. Wilson V. Further Reading VI. A View from the Trenches: Advice to Graduate Students in the Sciences from Graduate Students: Quotes from GREE Alumni About the Authors The authors are listed with their institutional affiliation at the time of their initial participation in the Graduate Research Ethics Education Project Lida Anestidou, Integrative Biology, University of Texas-Houston James Corbett, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Monette M. Cotreau, Pharmacology/Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University Jeffrey Dudycha, Zoology/Ecology, Michigan State University Tristan Fiedler, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, University of Miami Julia Frugoli, Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College Kevin Geedey, Zoology, Michigan State University DeAnne Marie Goodenough-Lashua, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan Tara Kuther, Developmental Psychology, Fordham University Lisa P. Landrum, Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Melanie Leitner, Neuroscience, Washington University Jennifer M. McCafferty, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Josephine M. Li-Mcleod, Pharmaceutical Science, University of Oklahoma Vanessa Ott, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Julie Anne Reyes, Anthropology, Michigan State University Amy Sayle, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lisa Y. Stein, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Oregon State University Sara E. Wilson, Medical Engineering/Medical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Katherine Young, Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona Back to top Ethics Centers Colloquium Monographs Outreach, Consultation and Survival in Economic Hard Times 2010 and Succession Planning for Ethics Centers 2009 Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics eighteenth annual Ethics Center Colloquium was convened by Aine Donovan, Executive Director of Dartmouth College’s Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics. This year’s 2010 colloquium “Outreach, Consultation and Survival in Hard Economic Times,” was developed to help center directors think about developing programs that might help ethics centers weather the challenging economic conditions currently facing colleges and universities. This monograph includes essays from presentations at the Colloquium. It also includes an important essay by David Smith on succession planning, drawn from the previous 2009 Ethics Center Colloquium, “Succession Planning for Ethics Centers.” I want especially to acknowledge Glenda Murray for her extraordinary efforts at shepherding these essays into print. Jan Boxill, Director of the Parr Center for Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, demonstrates beautifully the value of collaborative work in ethics programming on a university campus in her essay, “Staying Afloat: Collaboration is the Key.” Collaboration with faculty and students on one’s own campus as well as nearby universities and other community resources can yield a rich source of talent for ethics programs at relatively low cost. Equally important, in an environment of tremendous competition for the attention and time of students and faculty, collaboration can help in identifying the priority of ethical needs and interests in particular ethical issues and programming. This sort of collaboration can be an effective way of penetrating the self-absorbed and solipsistic “silos” of departments and programs on campus and in the broader community.. The net result of such collaboration is a powerful way of building campus-wide and community-wide ownership in the ethics center. That sense of ownership can be invaluable in times of economic stress on campus. An important idea in Boxill’s essay is that a precondition of effective collaboration is the need to formalize the structure at the ethics center to systematize collaboration with students and faculty. In the case of the Parr center, this is accomplished through the development of a large group of faculty and graduate student fellows. In his essay, “Beware of What You Wish for… for It Will Surely Be Yours” Noah Pickus, Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University, offers a cautionary tale for ethics centers which seek to develop practical outreach programs for external communities that generate resources for the center. In the case of the Keenan Institute, it involved business ethics in such areas as hospitality, real estate, media, insurance, as well as the university itself. In character education it involved the public schools. In both these areas the Keenan Institute did succeed in impacting the communities, generating income and providing the Institute with valuable insights. Even so, Pickus details three concerns which led them to radically revise their Institute program objectives and activity. These included: 1) concerns about efficacy and the ethics of what they were providing external communities, 2) The costs of maintaining and growing the programs, and 3) The impact of the programs on a robust research agenda for the Institute. Pinkus then describes how this led to a more appropriate form of engagement between the Institute and external communities. David Ozar, in “Thirteen Years of Lessons about Creating Ethics Center Revenue by Selling Ethics Education and Consulting Services,” provides a detailed account of one ethic center’s effort to fund its operating budget primarily by providing outreach services in ethics consultation and education. Ozar offers some very practical cautions and advice regarding the internal university administrative challenges one might encounter in that effort. He provides important suggestions on developing collaborators both within and outside the university to carry out programs and practical advice on how actually to develop and market services. Ozar shares insights and cautions about the relation of a center’s mission to the marketing of ethics consulting and education. He closes with some important cautions about ensuring (and not taking for granted) that the center’s importance and mission is understood and not lost by the inevitable succession of university administrators. The excellent essay “Starting and Structuring an Online Ethics Center” by Shlomo Sher, Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, University of Southern California, addresses a narrower focus–outreach by means of an online ethics resources center. Sher emphasizes the importance of clarity regarding an ethics center or institute’s mission and its relation to the mission of an online resource center. He discusses the importance of identifying the target audience of an online resource center and the expected benefits to that target population. He raises considerations of the relative benefits from creating one’s own online ethics center versus using an already existing online ethics resource center. This includes the important issue of maintaining control over presentation of resources and its impact on motivating use by one’s audience.. He provides a very useful discussion of selecting content, organization and presentation for an online ethics center, as well a topic not often discussed, motivating use of the center. David Smith, Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University, in his extremely wise essay, "Succession Planning for Ethics Centers" draws on his rich experience as an ethics center director at two different institutions to discuss the challenges of succession for directors of ethics centers. He considers this challenge from the vantage point of the exiting director and that of the successor as well as the issue of selecting a new director. He discusses the importance of preparing to leave, the actual leave-taking and the issue of selecting a successor. Smith concludes with some very helpful observations on getting started as a new director, including how to negotiate some of the minefields in such an activity. Table of Contents "Staying Afloat: Collaboration is the Key" Jan Boxill, Director, Parr Center for Ethics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Beware of What You Wish For…For It Will Surely Be Yours" Noel Pickus, Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University "Thirteen Years of Lessons About Creating Ethics Center Revenue by Selling Ethics Education and Consulting Services" David Ozar, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Former Director, Center for Ethics, Loyola University Chicago "Starting and Structuring an Online Ethics Resource Center" Shlomo Sher, Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles "Succession Planning for Ethics Centers" David H. Smith, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University Back to top Developing Relationships: How Ethics Centers Can Succeed with Raising Funds 2008, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director The Association’s Sixteenth Annual Ethics Center Colloquium, “Developing Relationships: How Ethics Centers Can Succeed with Raising Funds,” was convened by Aine Donovan, Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics, Dartmouth College. It was designed as a sequel to last year’s Colloquium, “Buy-in: Everything but Money!” This monograph includes three essays drawn from the colloquium. I want to acknowledge Glenda Murray for applying her editing skills to this set of essays. It is the Association’s extraordinarily good fortune to number among its members the three presenters in this year’s colloquium whose background and talent are so well-suited for this topic. Stuart D. Yoak is the Executive Director, Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Washington University. He is a philosopher with the unusual experience of having spent five years as director of Foundation Relations in the Alumni Development Office at Washington University. Kenneth W. Goodman, Co-Director, Ethics Programs, University of Miami, directs one of the most collaborative ethics centers in the Association with extremely rich programming, which has recently received a million dollar gift from a private donor in recognition and support of its work. James D. Yunker, President and CEO of Smith Beers Yunker & Company, Inc. with branches in the United States and the United Kingdom, provides fundraising services for nonprofit organizations. His doctoral work focused on “why people give.” In “Developing Relationships: How Ethics Centers Succeed with Fundraising,” Stuart D. Yoak stresses that the key to successful fundraising requires that one recognize the importance of careful strategic planning and systematically carrying out that plan. That strategic plan must include building and sustaining relationships with faculty and students, administrators, and the institution’s development office. Yoak provides valuable insights on how development offices work and how the ethics center can use that understanding in its fundraising efforts. He differentiates the approaches used for individual donors, corporations and foundations and for annual giving, capital campaigns, major gifts and planned giving. Finally, he provides helpful insights in building and sustaining donor relations, including identification of donor prospects, and the cultivation, solicitation, acknowledgement and sustaining of those relationships. Kenneth Goodman, in his essay, “On the Growth of Ethics Programs,” explicates the senses in which an ethics center’s mission and activity can both manifest and contribute to the highest mission of the university and, as such, why they can make a case for the university’s support. He makes the case for why those same qualities of a center can be attractive to donors. Goodman underscores what ethics centers need to do to merit that support from both the university and outside donors and stresses particularly the need to maintain intellectual credibility in all that they do. “The Practicalities of Funding Your Ethics Center,” is the focus of James Yunker’s remarks. He provides some perspective on the sources of gifts and stresses that individuals are overwhelmingly the single most important source of gifts in the United States. He discusses how to develop a compelling case for persuading individuals to give to the ethics center. He then discusses fundamental rules for cultivating individual donors and identifies some of the ethical principles to observe in the fundraising process. Back to top Buy-in: Everything but Money! 2007, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director “Buy-in: Everything but Money!” was the focus of the Association’s Fifteenth Annual Ethics Center Colloquium. David Ozar, Loyola University of Chicago, organized and convened the colloquium and we wish to thank him for his outstanding organization of the colloquium. I also want to thank Glenda Murray of the Poynter Center for her careful editing of the essays in this series. Someone recently asked how the Association came to include ethics centers as part of the membership of the Association and the Ethics Center Colloquium as part of the Annual Meeting. The suggestion was that the connection between ethics centers and the concerns and mission of the Association was purely contingent. I was surprised by the question. As the essays in this monograph will illustrate, ethics centers, particularly at academic institutions, are frequently a major stimulus on campus and in the broader community. Ethics Centers can focus scholarly and educational effort on practical and professional ethics and serve as a resource for faculty across disciplines and professions for scholarship and teaching in practical ethics. One might think that this year’s theme of getting “buy-in” from the center’s constituents can be an issue for new centers, but is limited to them. However, for an established center, there is a temptation and a danger in thinking that their longevity ensures their visibility and awareness in the minds of their constituents and hence that the center already has and continues to have “buy-in” from those constituents. But campuses are dynamic. Faculty and administrators are constantly joining and leaving the institution or taking on new responsibilities within the organization. New faculty and administrators may have no awareness of the center and its mission or how it might serve as a resource for them or their programs or the university mission. Hence the process of “Buy-in” needs to be continually renewed. Sometime a center refocuses its mission and that too requires “buy-in.” These points are illustrated in the very practical essays below by four ethics center directors. Susan Poser , Director, Robert J. Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, illustrates the latter point in her essay, “A Fledgling Center’s Three Strategies for Faculty and Administration Buy-in.” Her center, in existence since 1985, decided to refocus its mission. The center did so by soliciting input from distinguished faculty and administrators and using that to shape a mission that matched the current needs of departments, faculty and administration for help in practical and professional ethics education. In this essay she discusses three strategies she found successful for obtaining buy-in from the center’s constituents while reshaping the center’s mission. In “Buy-in Through Events Co-Sponsored with Various Divisions,” Keith Goree, Director, the Applied Ethics Institute, St. Petersburg College, describes how his college’s long running ethics program and their more recent Applied Ethics Institute overcame a long history of faculty resistance to the ethics program by building strong bridges and partnerships with other academic programs, at relatively low cost. The vehicle used to achieve this was the ethics forum, which he describes in some detail. Goree also identifies other collaborative projects which have created partnerships outside the college with the county school system, the library, and the county family services center. All of his ideas are easily portable to other centers. The twenty year history of Utah Valley State College’s highly successful Ethics Across the Curriculum program is discussed by Elaine Englehardt, Professor of Philosophy in “Ethics Across the Curriculum: Inclusive Planning,” as an illustration of the use of education to gain faculty and student buy-in for the program. She discusses the role that conferences, workshops, summer seminars, the use of web sites, educational television, radio broadcasts and writing of case studies in ethics by faculty in various disciplines has played in strengthening the commitment of faculty and administration to the teaching of ethics across disciplines. She also indicates the level of support required to sustain this initiative. Daniel E.Wueste, Director, Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics, Clemson University, in “Cultivating Constituents On and Off Campus,” illustrates with a number of remarkable cases how developing and maintaining relationships grounded in shared interests and commitment can go quite far in establishing buy-in that manifests itself in active support. Thus the center’s work with faculty in ethics across the curriculum workshops created a level of buy-in that provided the support needed to include ethical judgment as a distributed competency in the university’s new general education curriculum. As he says “one thing leads to another”; in this case buy-in leads to projects which increase and expand buy-in, both on and off campus. He also reminds us that sometimes the ethics center need not necessarily be the driver of an ethics initiative but simply alert enough and nimble enough to jump on a train that has already left the station as illustrated by the center’s work with a university initiative on undergraduate research. Wueste’s lessons can be used with profit by other centers. Back to top *Mission* *, Vision and Strategic Planning* 2006, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director The theme of the Association’s Thirteenth Annual Ethics Center Colloquium was “ Mission, Vision and Strategic Planning.” David Ozar, Director of the Center for Ethics and Social Justice, Loyola University of Chicago, organized and convened the Colloquium. In this monograph, three seasoned center administrators share their views on this process. In “ Mission as the Guiding Force in Creating and Sustaining an Ethics Center,” Aine Donovan, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics, Dartmouth College makes the case for a clearly articulated mission statement. She distinguishes between visionary and strategic senses of mission; discusses the development of a center mission statement and (in the case of a college or university center), its relationship to the larger mission of the university and the evaluation of the mission statement. Carol Roup , Associate Director, Center for Ethics and Social Justice, Loyola University Chicago in her piece “The Strategic Planning Process and its Product,” provides a detailed “How To” map for the strategic planning process and product. She provides a level of detail and clear explication of the process at a level of practicality that will be very useful for directors. She discusses the nature of strategic planning, reasons for strategic planning and the need for developing a “plan” for the planning process itself. She then discusses in detail five stages of the planning process and the benefits of each stage as well as the benefits of the final strategic plan and the planning experience. Elizabeth Kiss , Director, Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University reflects in “How Strategic Planning Helps an Ethics Center,” on the seven ways the strategic planning can help an ethics center. She then offers words of advice on the buy-in from stakeholders; managing expectations; and sharing, using and marketing the strategic plan. Back to top Ethics Centers and Conflict of Interest 2005, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director "Ethics Centers and Conflict of Interest" was the theme of the Association's Twelfth Annual Ethics Center Colloquium at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. This year's Colloquium was convened by David T. Ozar, Director, Center for Ethics and Social Justice, Loyola University of Chicago. We wish to thank him for his excellent work in organizing the Colloquium. The Monograph includes "Conflicts of Interest at Ethics Centers: A Primer,""Indirect Benefits, Conflicts of Interest, and Problems with Disclosure Policies,""Eek! They're Everywhere: Ethics Centers, Ethics Consulting and Conflicts of Interest"; and "In Jeopardy: Where are Conflicts of Interest? They are Everywhere, but that's OK." Michael Davis, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, sets the stage for the Colloquium with his essay, "Conflict of Interest at Ethics Centers: A Primer." Davis is the co-author of a volume on conflict of interest in the Association's Practical and Professional Series. (Michael Davis and Andrew Stark, Eds., Conflict of Interest in the Professions, Oxford University Press, 2001.) In his essay, Davis sets out with great clarity a definition of conflict of interest and discusses some of the ethical problems raised by such conflict, ways of dealing with conflict of interest, including escape, disclosure and managing such conflicts. He makes important distinctions between political, actual, and apparent conflict of interest. Davis illustrates these points with examples drawn from ethics centers. In "Indirect Benefits, Conflicts of Interest and Problems with Disclosure Policies," Lisa S. Parker, Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh, extends Davis' discussion by reflecting on her own center's efforts to work out a policy of disclosure to address conflict of interest. She draws candidly on discussions by her center colleagues as they attempted to work out a practical policy. She relates, as well, the scholarly research on effects of a disclosure policy on a center and its members. Parker notes a distinction between conflict of interest arising from external funding and that arising from internal sources. She reports on the growing concern at her center on the silencing effects of internal conflict of interest on ethicists' judgment regarding identification of issues of ethical concern, scholarly work done in such areas, and actual positions taken on those issues. Christopher Meyers, Director, Kegley Institute of Ethics, California State University, Bakersfield, discusses why ethics centers face conflicts of interest in his essay, "Eek! They're Everywhere: Ethics Centers, Ethics Consulting and Conflicts of Interest." He suggests that it is because there is no clear consensus on the role of ethics centers and because ethics consulting is often in the mix of the center activities. Meyers argues that a central consulting function of ethics centers is to assist clients in making better ethical choices as well as creating institutional conditions more conducive to making sound ethical choices. That requires that the consultant gain an "insider" perspective of the client's situation, yet maintain critical distance, while being paid directly or indirectly for the consulting. Hence, he argues, conflict of interest is embedded in the ethics center's consulting activity. Meyers suggests several ways for a center to manage conflict of interest. In his essay, "In Jeopardy: Where are Conflicts of Interest? They are Everywhere but That's OK," Arthur Zucker, Director, Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics, Ohio University, focuses particularly on university ethics centers with a mission to promote reasoned discussion of controversial topics. He argues that whether pursuit of that mission can be judged to result in conflict of interest requires judging the motives for the center's actions. To assess such conflicts he offers an analysis of conflict of interest that draws on Harry Frankfurt's distinction between first and second order desires. Back to top Identifying Funding Sources for Ethics Centers 2004, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director This Monograph includes four essays by ethics center directors, originally presented at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Association. The topics addressed include: "Funding an Ethics Center", "What Grant Money Is There for Ethics and How to Compete for It", Building Links to Regional Corporations and Organizations", and "Creating Revenue by Selling Ethics Education and Consulting Services." The 2004 Ethics Center Colloquium marks the eleventh year for the Association's Ethics Center Colloquium at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. The Colloquium, usually attended by 60-80 ethics center directors, provides a rich forum for the exchange of ideas and concerns of directors of ethics centers and those considering the start up of a center. This year's Colloquium was no exception. "Identifying Funding Sources for Ethics Centers" was convened by David T. Ozar and appropriately revisits a theme that the Colloquium has addressed over the years. Few topics are, understandably, of more concern to ethics centers. This Colloquium draws on presenters from medium and larger public and private universities in larger metropolitan areas. Although that perspective may somewhat limit its usefulness to centers at small colleges and universities in smaller cities, there is much that any center director can glean from the presentations in this Colloquium. Kirk O. Hanson directs the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, one of the centers at the upper end in terms of the size of its operating budget. That center has not always been so well funded, and Hanson provides a useful historical perspective on the development of such a center. He also provides a useful thorough checklist of funding sources. Hanson sketches one account of stages of center development and suggests a unique insight on the relation of the stages of center development to appropriate funding sources. Not all centers may recognize their stages of development in this account, but since he links development to changes in mission, centers with different missions will still profit from his observations. Lawrence M. Hinman, director of the Values Institute at the University of San Diego, shares sage general advice for directors as they search for funding sources as well as more specific advice on identifying funding sources and developing relationships which can maximize chances of success in grant acquisitions. The last two presenters focus on more specific ways of generating center income. Richard H. Toenjes of the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, illustrates how the building of long term relationships with local and regional institutions by serving their educational needs can lead to funding support for the center. David T. Ozar, Director of Loyola University of Chicago's Center for Ethics and Social Justice, provides a candid look at the challenges of developing center revenue by offering ethics consulting services to local institutions. Table of Contents "Funding an Ethics Center" Kirk O. Hanson, Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University "What Grant Money Is There for Ethics and How to Compete for It" Lawrence M. Hinman, Director, The Values Institute, University of San Diego "Building Links to Regional Corporations and Organizations" Richard H. Toenjes, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte "Creating Revenue by Selling Ethics Education and Consulting Services" David Ozar, Director, Center for Ethics and Social Justice, Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago Back to top Benchmarks of Ethics Center Excellence 2003, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, $5 Introduction, Brian Schrag, Executive Director This monograph includes the remarks of twelve ethics center directors presented at the Ethics Center Colloquium at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Association. Topics addressed include: "Mission Excellence of a Center", "Programming Excellence", "Funding Strength", "Collaboration", "Board Member Selection", "Staffing Excellence." Ethics centers in the United States began to appear about thirty years ago. Since that time we have seen a surprisingly rapid multiplication of ethics centers. The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics membership currently includes over 100 ethics centers in the United States and abroad. These centers are richly diverse. Many centers are associated with universities; some are freestanding. Some focus on a single profession; others focus across professions. Some aim mainly at internal constituents; others serve primarily external constituents. Ethics centers have been in existence long enough that we can now observe ethics centers at all stages of development; there is, if you will, a kind of laboratory of ecological succession in the development of ethics centers. Centers have also existed long enough that they are now experiencing a need for some kind of internal or external evaluation. The first generation of center directors is now retiring. Many of these directors have long track records and much accumulated wisdom regarding the start up and nurturing of ethics centers. There are, at the same time, new directors eager to tap the experience of the first generation of center directors. All this points to a need for more systematic sharing of what can be learned from previous experience and guidance for more systematic evaluation of ethics centers. This monograph is an initial step in efforts to address these needs. Each year, as part of its Annual Meeting, the Association organizes a half-day Ethics Center Colloquium for ethics center directors and those interested in developing centers. The aim is to provide directors with an opportunity to share common concerns, ideas and wisdom regarding ethics center operation. This past year, at the Ethics Center Colloquium, I invited seasoned directors of twelve ethics centers to share their perspective and experience on some benchmarks of ethics center excellence. The benchmarks included excellence in mission, programming, funding strength, collaborative efforts, board excellence, and staffing. These benchmarks are not an exhaustive set, but they are essential to center excellence. For each topic, a director of a center at a large institution was paired with a director at a smaller institution. In their observations one will find specific ideas on developing a mission statement, programming ideas, values of collaborative effort, advice on board development and the importance of staff development. One will find suggestions for relatively untapped opportunities; local radio and television resources may be underutilized by most centers, for example. One will also note how these areas are interrelated. Clarity of mission affects staffing excellence; funding strength can affect both mission and programming; collaborative efforts and board development can, in turn, affect funding. Every center has its own story; there are no simple or uniform recipes for developing an ethics center or maintaining its excellence. Nevertheless, there is a great deal of transferable wisdom in the experiences of these centers and directors. Table of Contents Introduction Brian Schrag, Executive Director Mission Excellence "Developing the Mission Statement" Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Director, Dr. James Dale Ethics Center, Youngstown State University "Mission: the Tip of the Iceberg" John R. Wilcox, Vice President for Mission, Acting Director, Center for Professional Ethics, Manhattan College Programming Excellence "Integrating Ethics across the Curriculum" Lawrence M. Hinman, Director, The Values Institute, University of San Diego "Programming Excellence" Marc Marenco, Director, Pacific Institute for Ethics and Social Policy, Pacific University Funding Strength "Funding Strength" Bruce Green, Director, Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Fordham University School of Law "Beg, Borrow and Ask Nicely: Funding a Small Ethics Center" Christopher Meyers, Director, Kegley Institute of Ethics, California State University, Bakersfield Excellence in Collaboration "Excellence in Collaboration" Aine Donovan, Executive Director, and Ronald M. Green, Director, Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics, Dartmouth College "Excellence in Collaboration" David R. Keller, Director, Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley State College Board Excellence "Board Excellence" David T. Ozar, Director, Center for Ethics and Social Justice, Loyola University of Chicago "Board Excellence in Ethics Center in Smaller Academic Institutions" Philip A. Muntzel, Director, Center for Ethics and Public Life, King's College Staff Excellence "Staffing Excellence in Ethics Centers" James DuBois, PhD Program Director, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University "Staffing Excellence in Ethics Centers" David H. Smith, Director, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University Back to top Ethically Speaking Ethically Speaking is the Association's semi-annual newsletter. It is available for $10.00 per year or free with membership. Back to top *Other APPE Publications* APPE Publications Profiles in Ethics -- Annual publication of member ethics centers, with descriptions. Available for $5.00 each or free with membership. Member Directory -- Annual directory of Association members. Available for $5.00 each or free with membership. Program and Abstracts from the Annual Meeting -- while supplies last. Available for $5.00 each. Back to top *Other Publications and Journals* Updated April 15, 2009 International Journal of Applied Philosophy (IJAP) Elliot D. Cohen, Editor The International Journal of Applied Philosophy is committed to the view that philosophy can and should be brought to bear upon the practical issues of life. Accordingly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes philosophical articles dealing with practical issues in business, education, the environment, government, health care, law, psychology, and science. Recent issues have included discussions of affirmative action, alcohol abuse on college campuses, animal rights, business ethics, gambling, journalism ethics, just-war theory, liberalism, medical ethics, retribution, terrorism, and torture. The journal's coverage of practical issues has attracted wide attention, including articles in the November 26, 2006 and August 10, 2002 issues of The New York Times. Print and electronic subscription options are available for both institutional and individual susbcribers. All issues of the journal, from volume 1 (1983) to the present, are included with each electronic subscription. APPE members will receive a 25% discount ($40 vs. the usual rate of $53) for individual subscriptions to the electronic version of International Journal of Applied Ethics (IJAP) including electronic access to all issues (22+ volumes) of IJAP. To subscribe, click on the following link: International Journal of Applied Ethics (IJAP) . Back to top Posted October 31, 2008 Launch of the Globethics.net Library: A Global Digital Library on Ethics A new global digital library on ethics was launched on 9 October 2008. This library provides users free access to full text versions of about 200 journals and more than a million documents in the field of applied ethics. The digital library on ethics was developed by Globethics.net, a global network organization with the objective of empowering people in all regions of the world to reflect and act on ethical issues. They developed the Globethics.net Library to ensure that persons and institutions - especially in Africa, Asia and Latin-America - have access to good quality and up to date knowledge resources. There is no cost involved in using the library. Individuals only need to register (free of charge) as participants on the Globethics.net website www.globethics.net to get access to all the full text journals, encyclopedias, e-books and other resources in the library. The library does not only offer free access to knowledge sources, but also offers participants the unique opportunity to submit their own documents on applied ethics (like articles, journals, books, dissertations, newsletters) to the Globethics.net Library. This will ensure that their publications get more global exposure. More information on how to access the library as well as on how to submit documents to the library is available on the globethics.net website www.globethics.net. Posted March 30, 2006 The first quarterly issue of the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE, pronounced Jerry) will be published by UC Press in March. At recent professional meetings where JERHRE has been discussed, both Institutional Review Board (IRB) members and researchers claimed it as (at last) a journal that gives them voice in debates about what is ethical. Obviously both contingents feel that evidence-based ethical problem solving is long overdue. (JERHRE is the only journal in the field of human research ethics dedicated exclusively to empirical research.) With the advent of evidence-based medicine a few decades ago, many beliefs about best practices were thrown into question. The pundits are predicting that JERHRE will have a similar effect. For details about the special features and subscription information, please see www.csueastbay.edu/JERHRE. Back to top Posted: June 29, 2005 Organizational Ethics: Healthcare, Business, and Policy Journal special issue on organizational ethics component of ACGME Outcome Project now available. The Outcome Project was initiated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in response to concerns that physicians were not being trained to deal with the complexities of a changing healthcare environment. The project was launched in 1999 with the identification of six areas of expertise or competencies that residency training programs are expected to teach and monitor, and it details what types of expertise and obligations are required in each of the six competencies. Academic medical centers are currently scrambling to understand and implement these competencies. The ACGME leaves the specifics of implementation and measurement up to the individual residency program, so there is no universal standard or "best practice" that individual programs can measure their results against. This is expected to change when the project begins its fourth phase in 2011. Two of the six competencies are directly related to organizational ethics: the competencies on "professionalism" and "systems-based practice." These two competencies are the subject matter of a special issue of Organizational Ethics, which is addressed to medical educators, physicians, administrators, and residents who are interested in the appropriate development and implementation of the ACGME competencies. Ann E. Mills, Msc(Econ), MBA, Patricia H. Werhane, PhD, and Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, begin the issue with "Introduction and Foreword to the Special Issue on ACGME Requirements for Residents on Professionalism and Systems-Based Practice." Lisa H. Newton, PhD, describes the differing concepts of professionalism associated with medicine and business in "Professionalism in Medicine and in Business: In Search of Organizational Ethics." Edward M. Spencer, MD, and Rebecca Bigoney, MD, examine the concept of medicine more closely in "Toward a New Concept of Professionalism: Being a Physician in Today's Healthcare System." In "Business Practices, Ethical Principles, and Professionalism," Ann E. Mills, Msc(Econ) and Mary V. Rorty, PhD, address questions of what business practices are, and why goals may not produce desired outcomes in healthcare systems. Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, in "Individuals, Systems, and Professional Behavior," focuses on the healthcare organization as a system, and Paul Alexander Clark, MPA, in "Can Organizational Ethics Programs Influence Management Initiatives?" describes how competing obligations can be weighed within the context of a system. To close, David T. Ozar, PhD, introduces an educational program that details the ACGME outcomes and the barriers he sees to producing these outcomes in "The Challenges of a Residency Education Program for Competencies in Organizational Ethics." To obtain a copy of the special issue, contact Organizational Ethics at (240)420-0036 or Sales@OrganizationalEthics.com. Back to top Posted: April 1, 2005 The Journal of Animal Law and Ethics has recently been approved as an unofficial journal at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, to be run by students with the support of a faculty advisory board. JALE seeks to provide a scholarly forum for cross-disciplinary engagement of issues of animal law and ethics. Animal law scholarship and practice have increased steadily in the past decade, and there remains only one other journal on the topic in the country. We feel that this is an area that is still vastly underrepresented within the legal and intellectual community, and hope to use the journal as a means to both spark interest and educate others. The study of animal law encompasses a multitude of areas of law (among them, criminal law, health law, family law, tort law, and property law) while also intersecting with non-legal disciplines (such as ethics, philosophy, medicine, history, criminology, and religious studies). This journal was started by members of Penn Law’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund in hopes of providing a respected legal journal that addresses some of the most pressing issues of the day regarding animal law and ethics. We at the Journal are currently seeking submissions for our first issue, set to be published during the next academic year. Submissions may touch upon any topic that is related to the field of animal law or ethics. For questions, or if you have interest in submitting an article, please contact Matthew Olesh at molesh@law.upenn.edu. Back to top Posted: September 10, 2003 The editors and staff of the Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law, www.psljournal.com, would like to introduce you to our peer reviewed online publication dedicated to addressing the intersection of applied philosophy, science, and the law. The journal provides a forum for scientists, lawyers, philosophers, historians, psychologists, sociologists, policy analysts, political scientists, students, and other interested scholars to express and exchange their views. As science and technology advance, there will continue to be challenging philosophical and legal issues that need to be sorted out and thoroughly investigated. An analysis of these issues can have a significant and positive impact on educational programs, public policy, and professional practice. Interested scholars are invited to submit manuscripts for consideration, including full-length articles, profiles of legal cases, policy proposals, student papers, book reviews, and letters to the editor. The journal also encourages you to share relevant information about professional meetings and to respond to articles published by the journal. Accepted feature articles will be available online following the journal's double-blind peer review process. Past contributions include: Susan Haack's An Epistemologist in the Bramble-Bush Richard Haigh and Mirko Bagaric's Immortality and Sentencing Law Brent Garland's Bioethics and Bioterrorism Annabelle Lever's Ethics and the Patenting of Human Genes Bryn Williams-Jones's Commercial Surrogacy and the Redefinition of Motherhood Feel free to share information about the journal with interested colleagues, friends, and students. Please contact us at editor@psljournal.com if you have any questions or comments about the journal. Back to top Posted: July 1, 2004 HEC Forum, an international, multi-disciplinary, blinded, peer-review journal, in its 16th volume, invites the submission of original manuscripts and detailed case studies. Submissions may be directed for inclusion in a particular thematic issue or for a non thematic number. Some of our forthcoming thematic issues include: Preserving Institutional Moral Integrity; Business Ethics and Health Care Institutions: Conflicts within Organizational Ethics; The Free-Market and Meaningful Health Care Reform; Institutional Ethics; At the Edges of Informed Consent: Controversial Cases; Managing Clinical Conflicts of Interest; The Role of the Ethics Consultant; Risk Management in the Face of Lawsuit Abuse; Understanding Futility. If your manuscript is for a particular thematic issue, please so indicate, and it will be forwarded to the appropriate issue editor. Manuscripts may be submitted either by regular mail to Mark J. Cherry, Editor-in-Chief, HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum, Department of Philosophy, Saint Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress Ave., Box 844, Austin, Texas 78704 or through e-mail attachment to markc@admin.stedwards.edu. In either case, manuscripts should be appropriately blinded for peer review, with author information appearing only on a coversheet. In the volumes to come, HEC Forum will continue to seek to be fresh, novel, international, multi-disciplinary, and controversial, while fulfilling an essential educational role for health care ethics committees regarding issues at the interface of morality, religion, law, and healthcare. Back to top Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Indiana University 618 East Third Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405-3602 Telephone (812) 855-6450; FAX (812) 856-4969 Questions pertaining to this web site can be sent to appe @ indiana.edu