Background Readings for Baity Lab Beach Trip, October 7-9 2005  

Directions to the house are here

The theme of the discussion on Saturday morning will be "Ethics in Science".

Topics we discuss will range from generation of fraudulent data, to the ethics of authorship.  Please take a look at the following materials before our trip.  You don't need to read everything, but the more you read the better our discussion will be, and please read at least some of the articles attached here. 

Topic 1:                                                                  Topic 2:                                 Topic 3:
Fraud in Science                                                    Case Studies                         UNC Statement on Research  

Background article in Science                                   The Charlie West Case           (look particularly at the case studies

Background article in Science, #2                             The Paul Banks Case              on pages 18-21)

Summary from Lucent

Editorial from Nature  

Editorial on Scientific Misconduct from Science 

Retractions from Nature

Retractions from Science

Retractions from Phys. Stat. Sol.