For lunch I had ethics training. I was given 2 articles to read for the seminar. The first article was very detailed, and was about graduate students reporting their mentor for falsifying data. The article interviewed the students and you got a sense of conflict. The students were face with doing nothing or facing the consequences of doing the right thing. It is interesting to see that even when you do what is right it can still make matters difficult. Most students had to start over or get out of science all together. Some were glad to have that piece of mind and others were still conflicted. They all knew they did what was right but some still did not understand what they got out of it.
The second article was not as detailed and just was information about retractions. The researcher in a lab falsified data and was forced to print retractions. It was discovered that these falsifications were going on for quite some time, and many retraction were printed. It was determined that the retractions did not alter our understanding immunology.
The seminar also had a presentation for different faculty from Rice. They explained what scientific misconduct was and our responsibility of researchers to do good science. If anything were to happen just tell someone. If something did not work, just report it. If mistakes are made just let people know.
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