0 Credits GRADUATE YEAR



Aims/Description: Ethics are moral principles that guide behaviour. Integrity is about being consistent, honest, truthful and accurate. These characteristics are essential in science research since our purpose is to seek truth. As postgraduate researchers you are expected to conduct your research with ethics and integrity and uphold these values within your scientific community. Consequently this module is compulsory for all PhD students and forms part of the Doctoral Development Programme (DDP). The module will introduce to you some of the challenging ethical issues facing today's science researchers. You will reflect on your own ethical behaviour and consider how you would address situations that you might encounter as a researcher. You will discuss case studies based on real events to explore the reasons why some people are tempted to behave unethically and what should be done to uphold the values of integrity that are so important to science. Joining with peers from across the faculty of science will enable you to see a variety of issues and perspectives from different specific subject areas as well as those common to all of science. Common issues include giving appropriate credit to those who contributed to the work, ensuring that our research is untainted by scientific fraud (such as data fabrication/manipulation) and that the conclusions we draw are justified.

Staff Contact: FURLEY ANDREW J
Teaching Methods: Lectures, Tutorials, Independent Study

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