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Introduction of Role Playing to a Research Ethics Module for the Undergraduate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Dolores C. Miller ,
Frances A. Houle ,
Janet Stemwedel ,
Joseph Pesek  and
Charles Wade
Dolores C. Miller
Affiliation:
dcmiller@almaden.ibm.com, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, United States
Frances A. Houle
Affiliation:
frances.houle@att.net, formerly IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, United States
Janet Stemwedel
Affiliation:
jstemwed@email.sjsu.edu, San Jose State University, Philosophy, San Jose, California, United States
Joseph Pesek
Affiliation:
Joseph.Pesek@sjsu.edu, San Jose State University, Chemistry, San Jose, California, United States
Charles Wade
Affiliation:
cwade@almaden.ibm.com, IBM Almaden Research Center, K19 S&T, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California, 95120, United States, 408 927-150, 408927-3310
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Abstract

As part of the NSF supported SUMMIT (San Jose State University/IBM Almaden Research Center collaboration) REU and CPIMA (Stanford University/Almaden) SURE undergraduate internship programs we have developed a workshop that emphasizes the scientific community's dependence on ethical behavior for its success and advancement at this nascent stage of a scientific career. We have successfully introduced open-ended role playing based on recent real life ethics cases as reported in the scientific news to a foundation presentation based on the APS Ethics and Professional Conduct Guidelines for Physicists. The goal is to foster discussion of complex cases and their effects not only on the protagonists but on the scientific community.

Keywords

educationartgovernment policy and funding
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1233: Symposium PP – Materials Education , 2009 , 1233-PP09-06
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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