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Group Name |
Module Summary |
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| Group One |
An automobile company study shows that older women are least likely to have an accident at night driving brand X. When Rosita, 55 years old, tries to buy a new car, the company’s dealer pushes brand X. Is this discrimination based on Rosita’s age and sex? |
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| Group Two) |
An interdisciplinary faculty team has worked hard on developing a 10 million dollar proposal. The psychologist on the original team is unable to make the final meeting where the proposal is finalized. She is not able to sign off on the project. The psychologist who substitutes for her is not up to speed on the project. Seven participants (two engineers, a mathematician, an administrator, a biologist, and the substitute psychologist) each argue for or against sending off the proposal anyway. |
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| Group Three |
A graduate student, Pedro Sevilla, has a better idea for a research topic. The idea, readily marketable, already has financial backing. He asks Professor Tenureless, a new professor anxious to document research success for promotion, to be his advisor. Even though this is outside of Tenureless’s area, he considers advising Sevilla to pack his curriculum vitae. |
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| Group Four |
A medical specialist a clinical researcher affiliated with an academic institution, receives funds from the NIH to develop and test a new medicine, Cureall, for treating disease X. Her work shows that Cureall successfully treats X. Drug$ Inc. secures the patent for Cureall and generously compensates the medical specialist for her research. She neglects to inform the NIH of this. She is also elected director of a professional academic organization based on her contribution to clinical research. |
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| Group Five |
A gradate student is about to defend her thesis. The principal instrument she used for collecting data was translated from a document previously approved by the IRB. One week before her defense the representative from gradate studies identified a problem with the instrument she translated and used without authorization from the author. |
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| Group Six |
A students takes Ritalin before an exam to improve his memory. Because it works, his friends have started taking Ritalin. Now those not taking Ritalin face a dilemma: either they must compete unfairly with their drug-enhanced peers or start taking Ritalin themselves. |
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| Group Seven: Case One |
A research position has just opened up. The head investigator faces a difficult decision. Does she conduct an impartial, open, and fully publicized search for a qualified candidate or hire the post-doc currently working on the team? |
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| Group Seven: Case Two |
The final exam of an art course includes the creation of an original work of art. Once turned in, the professor of the course keeps the original work for himself. |
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| Rashomon Case by Frey |
A graduate student feels that she has contributed, through her dissertation, significant research to a paper that her adviser has recently published. Her adviser disagrees. Create a hearing where the student makes her case, the adviser his, and other students also sound in. |
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