The State of Illinois Ethics Training

Importance of proper use of university/state resources.

Similar principles extend to federal assets

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Research Misconduct• Fabrication: making up data and recording or

reporting them• Falsification: manipulating equipment or

processes, or changing/omitting data• Plagiarism: appropriation of another person’s

ideas, processes, results or words without giving appropriate credit

• It does not include honest errors or differences of opinion

Research misconduct is a serious violation• http://ori.dhhs.gov/

• http://ori.dhhs.gov/misconduct/cases/

• Subject to fines, barred from funding, dismissal from position

American Chemical SocietyThe Chemist's Code of Conduct

1994•

Chemists Acknowledge Responsibilities To: • The Public. Chemists have a professional responsibly to serve the public interest and welfare and to

further knowledge of science….• The Science of Chemistry. Chemists should seek to advance chemical science, understand the

limitations of their knowledge, and respect the truth….• The Profession. Chemists should remain current with developments in their field, share ideas and

information, keep accurate and complete laboratory records, maintain integrity in all conduct and publications, and give due credit to the contributions of others. Conflicts of interest and scientific misconduct, such as fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism, are incompatible with this Code.

• The Employer. Chemists should promote and protect the legitimate interests of their employers, perform work honestly and competently, fulfill obligations, and safeguard proprietary information.

• Employees. Chemists, as employers, should treat subordinates with respect for their professionalism and concern for their well-being….

• Students. Chemists should regard the tutelage of students as a trust conferred by society for the promotion of the student’s learning and professional development….

• Associates. Chemists should treat associates with respect, regardless of the level of their formal education, encourage them, learn with them, share ideas honestly, and give credit for their contributions.

Copyrighted material - proper use

1. Proper citation2. If reusing part (usually a picture) then obtain “permission to reprint.”

DOI: 10.1021/ja105784s

PlagiarizeLet no one else's work evade your eyesRemember why the good Lord made your eyesSo don't shade your eyesBut plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize

Only be sure always to call it please "research"

Tom Lehrer: Lobachevsky

Peer homework help

Plagiarism• Plagiarism: using ideas or writing of someone else

without giving proper credit

• Self-plagiarism: the verbatim copying or reuse of one’s own research

• Both are considered unacceptable in scientific literature

• Internet makes plagiarism easier to do but also easier to catch!

Data Manipulation• Manipulating data in order to deceive others

violates both basic ethics and accepted standards of professionalism

• Could potentially impede progress in the field and harm other research groups

• Undermines own authority and trustworthiness

• Can have devastating impact on society as a whole

• If the work is important people will try to repeat it

Good Record KeepingMaintain an accurate, accessible and permanent

record of data

Record sufficient detail for others to check and repeat work

Notebook with numbered pages, written in ink or computer application

Date every entry

Proper use of symbols, logos, trademarks, intellectualproperty.

Employees of an organization using protected symbols must use them correctly. Additionally, the owner must work sufficiently to prevent or correct broad use of its intellectual property rights in the trademark to have itbecome genericized (not protected) term.

NIU logoIts use is permitted and actually encouraged. However, the rule is that the logo be not altered, be presented in its complete form and in a dignified manner.

This one is not to be used

Text and the graphics must stay togetherThe color is defined (black and red) andshould not be altered

The tower alone would be wrong:

The Husky logo is atrademark of the athleticteam and cannot be usedwithout permission.

E-mail is evidence mail

A Sample Email Policy (for a company)It is strictly prohibited to:1. Send or forward emails containing libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks. If you receive an e-mail of this nature, you must promptly notify your supervisor.2. Forward a message or copy a message or attachment belonging to another user without acquiring permission from the originator first.3. Send unsolicited email messages or chain mail.4. Forge or attempt to forge email messages, or disguise or attempt to disguise your identity when sending mail.Duty of careUsers must take the same care in drafting an email as they would for any other communication. Confidential information should not be sent via email.

Pick your e-mail name with care

The following is an example of e-mail addresses some people picked (changed slightly) to communicate. Fine, if you write to your friends. But what if you are trying to make a business contact? Do you think the names like these inspire respect? More likely, with ever increasing volume of spam, they will not be even read.(Another reason to stick with your Z account.)

daydreamchick192@aol.com    Idancebhs@msn.com    joyjoy6@yahoo.com    LilAngel2211@aol.com    KrisseeKiss@msn.com    blondie_at_chicago@hotmal.com    EcStAsY606@aol.com    Babydoll138@aol.com     poohbear_22@ameritech.net

Social Networking Web Sites

If you used to go to the Bull & Finch Pub for a drink, only the other patrons knew.All of this changed with the various electronic dissemination of information. A lot can be found even if you do not want to. Now, imagine you willfully share your information.

Akira Nakimoto Kurosawa

Social networking sites45% of employers use Facebook and related

sites and Twitter to screen job candidates

35% of employers report that they rejected candidates based on content found on these sites

“private” is relative http://howtoviewprivatefacebookprofiles.com/

(Oregon Business News 2009)

Reasons for rejecting candidates

• Provocative or inappropriate photos or info (53%)• Using drugs or drinking (44%)• Bad mouth previous employer, co-workers or

clients (35%)• Poor communication skills (29%)• Discriminatory comments (24%)• Reveal confidential info from previous employer

(20%)

Reasons for rejecting candidates

• Who your “friends” are (no stats)

Also:

Using emoticons in a message (14%)

Using text language (GR8) in email or job application (16%)