Scientific Misconduct

Educating Students About Plagiarism (2012)

Author(s): Marika Lamoreaux, Kim Darnell, Elizabeth Sheehan, and Chantal Tusher
Affiliation: Georgia State University
Description: This resource contains materials to help educate students about plagiarism and help faculty understand how to handle it if it occurs. Included are an overview for faculty "Educating Students," a slide show for a lecture "Plagiarism," a worksheet for students "Recognizing Plagiarism," a plagiarism contract students sign "Plagiarism Contract," suggested answers faculty can offer to respond to common student excuses "Answers to Common Excuses," and a flowchart showing how one university handles plagiarism reports "Academic Dishonesty Flowchart."

Beyond Milgram: Expanding Research Ethics Education to Participant Responsibilities (2012)

Author(s): Larissa K. Barber (Northern Illinois University) and Patricia G. Bagsby (Saint Louis University)
Description: This 33 page document describes participant ethics and an educational approach to participant rights and responsibilities that addresses the reciprocal nature of the researcher-participant relationship. It also provides four instructor resources: (a) websites that discuss participants rights and responsibilities, (b) a student learning module, (c) supplemental module resources (a Knowledge Retention Quiz, Answers to the quiz, a questionnaire to assess students’ beliefs about research ethics, and suggested discussion questions), and (d) references for additional resources and readings.
Note: 2011 OTRP Instructional Resource Award