A new approach to assessing ethical conduct in scientific work.
The intent of the current article is to describe the development of a new approach to the study of ethical conduct in scientific research settings. The approach presented in this article has two main components. The first component entails the development of a taxonomy of ethical events as they occur across a broad range of scientific disciplines. The second involves the identification of proximate criteria that will allow systematic and objective evaluation of ethical behaviors through low-fidelity performance simulations. Two proposed measures based on the new approach are intended to identify and measure variations in the scientific environment that might predispose certain individuals to make unethical decisions.
Helton-Fauth
Whitney
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Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, 455 W Lindsey, Norman, OK 73019, USA. jwfauth@cox.net
Gaddis
Blaine
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Scott
Ginamarie
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Mumford
Michael
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Devenport
Lynn
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Connelly
Shane
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Brown
Ryan
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