Bioethics Imperative Column from the ASPB News

Dina Mandoli's columns are from issues of the ASPB News. Links to supporting material not included in the printed newsletter are provided at the bottom of each column.

The Bioethics Imperative XXXVI - The close of TBI (September/October 2008, Vol. 35, No. 5)
The Bioethics Imperative XXXV Gender Discrimination Cases from NSF (July/August 2008, Vol. 35, No. 4)
The Bioethics Imperative XXXIV - Sexual Harassment Cases from NSF (May/June 2008 Vol. 35, No. 3)
The Bioethics Imperative XXXIII - Sexual Harassment Cases from NSF (March/April 2008 Vol. 35, No.2)
The Bioethics Imperative XXXII - Does Gender Matter? (November/December 2007 Vol. 34, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative XXXI - Does Gender Matter? (September/October 2007 Vol. 34, No. 5)
The Bioethics Imperative XXX - Snowballs! Cases Made Worse by Subsequent Actions (July/August 2007 Vol. 34, No. 4)
The Bioethics Imperative XXIX - Snowballs! Cases Made Worse by Subsequent Actions (May/June 2007 Vol. 34, No. 3)
The Bioethics Imperative XXVIII - Hybrids: Cases That Involve More Than One Type of Allegation (March/April 2007 Vol. 34, No. 2)
The Bioethics Imperative XXVII - Faculty Effort Certifications in a Sea of Change: Unsettled Issues in Current Compliance Practices (January/Feburary 2007 Vol. 34, No. 1)
The Bioethics Imperative XXVI - Faculty Effort Certifications in a Sea of Change: Unsettled Issues in Current Compliance Practices (November/December 2006 Vol. 33, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative XXV - Faculty Effort Certifications in a Sea of Change: Unsettled Issues in Current Compliance Practices (September/October 2006 Vol. 33, No. 5)
The Bioethics Imperative XXIV - Faculty Effort Certifications in a Sea of Change: Unsettled Issues in Current Compliance Practices (July/August 2006 Vol. 33, No.4)
The Bioethics Imperative XXIII - An In-depth Look at Effort Certifications: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Jan/Feb 2006 Vol. 33, No. 1)
The Bioethics Imperative XXII - The Investigative Process and Outcomes of Those Investigations (Nov/Dec 2005 Vol. 32, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative XXI - Flow of allegations through the OIG: A conversation with James Kroll (Jul/Aug 2005 Vol. 32, No. 4)
The Bioethics Imperative XX - Structure of the NSF Office of the Inspector General: An Interview with James Kroll (Jan/Feb 2005 Vol. 32, No. 1)
The Bioethics Imperative XIX - Consequences of Unethical Conduct, Part 2 (Nov/Dec 2004 Vol. 31, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative XVIII - Consequences of Unethical Conduct, Part 1 (Sept/Oct 2004 Vol. 31, No. 5)
The Bioethics Imperative XVII - Integrating Ethics into Scientific Training (May/Jun 2004 Vol. 31, No. 3)
The Bioethics Imperative XVI - Ethics and the Literature: Citations III (Mar/Apr 2004 Vol. 31, No. 2)
The Bioethics Imperative XV - Ethics and the Literature: Citations III (Jan/Feb 2004 Vol. 31, No. 1)
The Bioethics Imperative XIV - Ethics and the Literature: Citations II (Nov/Dec 2003 Vol. 30, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative XIII - Ethics and the Literature: Citations (Sept/Oct 2003 Vol. 30, No.5)
The Bioethics Imperative XII - Ethics and Useful Letters of Reference (Jul/Aug 2003 Vol. 30, No. 4)
The Bioethics Imperative XI - Continued from The Bioethics Imperative X (May/Jun 2003 Vol. 30, No. 3)
The Bioethics Imperative X - Continued from The Bioethics Imperative IX (Mar/Apr 2003 Vol. 30, No. 2)
The Bioethics Imperative IX (Jan/Feb 2003 Vol. 30, No. 1)
The Bioethics Imperative VIII (Nov/Dec 2002 Vol. 29, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative VII (Sept/Oct 2002 Vol. 29, No. 5)
The Bioethics Imperative VI (May/Jun 2002 Vol. 29, No. 3)
The Bioethics Imperative V (Mar/Apr 2002 Vol. 29, No. 2)
The Bioethics Imperative IV (Nov/Dec 2001 Vol. 28, No. 6)
The Bioethics Imperative III (Sept/Oct 2001 Vol. 28, No. 5)
The Bioethics Imperative II (Jul/Aug 2001 Vol. 28, No. 4)
The Bioethics Imperative (May/Jun 2001 Vol. 28, No. 3)

Supporting materials: Some items below link to PDF files and require Acrobat Reader

Supplemental information
Letter from the Office of the Provost to all Faculty of the University of Washington - Faculty Effort Certification Process

Resources
Bioethics Conversation Starters - a list of online resources
(Jan/Feb 2006 Vol. 33, No. 1)

Stories from others
Tamara Turner - librarian and editor, Seattle, September 2003

Supporting articles:
University Book Store pulls 'Women of UW' calendar - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Women of UW" calendar pulled - The Seattle Times Company
Evolution Major Vanishes From Approved Federal List - NY Times
Grads in Plagiarism Scandal Face Hearing - AP News
Article on issues in displaying gels in a publication - Nature Cell Biology
Harvard Prof Acknowledges Lifting Passages - AP News
2 Cases of Plagiarism, and an Explanation of Why the Practice Might Be Worth It - The Chronical of Higher Education
Adding women's voices to debates over bioethics - The Seattle Times

Tips for discussing ethical issues
Ethical Decision Making Models (PDF) - Univ. of Washington High School Human Genome Project Ethics Curriculum Unit
Ethics: A Primer for Non-Ethicists (PDF) - The Genetic Resource
Strategies for Leading Discussions (PDF) - Tools for Teaching
Note to Students and Instructors (PDF) - Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Cases, ASM Press
Authorship Cases (PDF) - Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Cases, ASM Press

Letters of reference
Professor's Snub of Creationists Prompts U.S. Inquiry - NY Times

Data mismanagement/handling
Data Handling Cases (PDF) - Indiana University

General sources of information on ethics and discussions of them
Nextwave.org
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, The School of Medicine 2001 Biomedical Research Integrity Series Questions and Answers (PDF)

Authorship links
"Butting heads: conflict resolution for postdocs, Part 1." - Science Magazine
"Authorship Task Force." - Council of Science Editors
"Ethics of Authorship, How should authorship be divided?" - Science Magazine

Conflicts of interest
Conflict of Interest Cases (PDF) - Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Cases, ASM Press
Policies on Faculty Conflicts of Interest at US Universities -JAMA
Thyroid storm -JAMA
Medical Ethics collection of articles - New England Journal of Medicine
Bioethics for Clinicians series of articles (1996-98) - Canadian Medical Association Journal
Competing interests / conflicts of interest collection of articles - British Medical Journal
Other Ethics collection of articles- British Medical Journal
Beyond Conflicts of Interest - British Medical Journal
The randomized Control Trial at 50 - British Medical Journal
Integrity in Science Internet Database - The Center for Science in the Public Interest
Assessing Faculty Financial Relationships With Industry. A Case Study - JAMA
Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research - JAMA
Conflict of Interest and the Public Trust - JAMA
Financial Interest and Its Disclosure in Scientific Publications - JAMA
Publication Bias and Research on Passive Smoking: Comparison of Published and Unpublished Studies - JAMA
Institutional Addiction to Tobacco - JAMA