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Ethics in Engineering Research

The document discusses the importance of ethics in engineering research, highlighting the distinction between acceptable and unacceptable conduct since the Nuremberg Code. It addresses key ethical concerns such as authorship, data integrity, and the responsibilities of researchers, while also outlining various forms of research misconduct. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for ethical practices in data collection, analysis, and the design process to ensure responsible research outcomes.

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Ethics in Engineering Research

The document discusses the importance of ethics in engineering research, highlighting the distinction between acceptable and unacceptable conduct since the Nuremberg Code. It addresses key ethical concerns such as authorship, data integrity, and the responsibilities of researchers, while also outlining various forms of research misconduct. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for ethical practices in data collection, analysis, and the design process to ensure responsible research outcomes.

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Ethics in Engineering

Research
Ethics
❖ Ethics generally refers to a set of rules distinguishing acceptable and
unacceptable conduct, distinguishing right from wrong, or wise aphorisms like
sayings of Chanakya.
❖ International norms for the ethical conduct of research have been there since
the adoption of the Nuremberg Code in 1947.
❖ According to Whitbeck, the issues related to research credit dates back to the
establishment of the British Royal Society (BRS) in the seventeenth century to
refine the methods and practices of modern science.
❖ Whitbeck raised two simple but significant questions to address the tricky issue
of authorship in research:
❖ (1) who should be included as an
author and
❖

(2) the appropriate order of listing of


authors
Ethics in Engineering Research
Practice
❖ Technological developments raise a whole range of ethical
concerns.
❖ Privacy issues related to data and surveillance

systems.
❖

Research outcomes based repercussions.


❖ Adopted practices for obtaining data valid?
❖ Is the outcome of data analysis have any negative impact?
❖ Engineering Ethics deals with things “what to do” and “What
not to do”.
Ethics in Engineering Research
Practice
❖ Ethical perspective of Engineering research vs
Technology
❖ By setting Ethically right requirements for research outcomes.

❖ Following ethical values during design process as well as


decision making process.
❖ Choose different alternatives fulfilling similar functions.
Research
conduct
❖ Fair dealing with others
❖ Honesty about methods and results
❖ Protecting the welfare of research
❖ subjects. Ensuring laboratory safety
Research Misconduct

❖ Fabrication of data
❖Illegitimate creation of
❖ data Falsification of data
❖Inappropriate alteration
❖ of data Plagiarism
❖ Simultaneous submission of
same article to different
journals.
Ethical issues related to authorship

❖ Academic authorship
involves
❖ communicating scholarly work,
❖

establishing priority over their discoveries and building peer


❖
reputation,

comes with intrinsic burden of acceptance of


the responsibility for the contents of the
work.
Ethical issues related to authorship

❖
Ethical issues as described by Newmen and Jones:
❖ Credit for research contributions
❖ Authorship - Accountability, significant contributor
in research design, data interpretation or writing of
❖ Citation - previously published research
paper.
❖ work.

Acknowledgement - External inputs to


research work.
Ethical issues related to Authorship

1. Gift or guest authorship


2. Career Boost authorship
3. Career- preservation Authorship
4. Ghost authorship
5. Misrepresentation of sole authorship
6. Authorial Accountability
7. Double Submission

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