Seminar in Research Ethics

1 unit

This is an in-depth review and discussion of common ethical concerns encountered in research, including the use of human and animal participants; informed consent; the Belmont report; the role of the Institutional Review Board; protection of special populations; deception in research; duty to refer; various forms of conflict of interest; issues of data ownership and sharing; bias and fraud in data collection, analysis, and reporting; conflicts surrounding authorship; concerns about duplicate or fragmented publication; understanding and preventing plagiarism; and the reporting of the misconduct of others. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Psychological & Brain Sciences.