ETHC 665 RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
This course examines the ethical responsibilities of conducting research with special emphasis on collaborative international research that involve scientific integrity, determination of authorship, peer review, conflicts of interest, ownership of data, and intellectual property across borders with differing laws. By the end of the course, students are be able to describe examples of research misconduct and methods of dealing with misconduct; can discuss the relationship between authorship and accountability; can discuss the ethical and legal foundations of intellectual property; and can describe how conflicts of interest can corrupt scientific objectivity.