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TRANSCRIPT
Part-VI
1
Ethics in Scientific Research
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2
Outline
Introduction and definitions
Ethics in everyday life (Personal ethics)
Code of conduct for professionals
Ethics and misconduct in scientific research
Concluding remarks
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3
No culture religion will teach or preach one to
1) be dishonest
2) cheat
3) steal
4) be unjustunfair
5) cause harm etc
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All about ldquogoodrdquo and ldquobadrdquo
Each of us ldquosome mixturerdquo of good amp bad
Who should pronounce final judgment on
right amp wrong
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Moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong
(conscious rational scientific code of ethicshelliphellip
the basic ethics which any religion sets forward)
Study of questions about what is morally right
and wronghellip
Ethics
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Moral
Values
Code of conduct
Ethics
All are inter-related but have specific meanings
Related terms
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7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
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Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
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Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
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Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
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Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
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(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
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Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
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37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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What do we do
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Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
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Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
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He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
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What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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2
Outline
Introduction and definitions
Ethics in everyday life (Personal ethics)
Code of conduct for professionals
Ethics and misconduct in scientific research
Concluding remarks
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3
No culture religion will teach or preach one to
1) be dishonest
2) cheat
3) steal
4) be unjustunfair
5) cause harm etc
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
4
All about ldquogoodrdquo and ldquobadrdquo
Each of us ldquosome mixturerdquo of good amp bad
Who should pronounce final judgment on
right amp wrong
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
5
Moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong
(conscious rational scientific code of ethicshelliphellip
the basic ethics which any religion sets forward)
Study of questions about what is morally right
and wronghellip
Ethics
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
6
Moral
Values
Code of conduct
Ethics
All are inter-related but have specific meanings
Related terms
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
3
No culture religion will teach or preach one to
1) be dishonest
2) cheat
3) steal
4) be unjustunfair
5) cause harm etc
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4
All about ldquogoodrdquo and ldquobadrdquo
Each of us ldquosome mixturerdquo of good amp bad
Who should pronounce final judgment on
right amp wrong
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5
Moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong
(conscious rational scientific code of ethicshelliphellip
the basic ethics which any religion sets forward)
Study of questions about what is morally right
and wronghellip
Ethics
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6
Moral
Values
Code of conduct
Ethics
All are inter-related but have specific meanings
Related terms
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7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
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8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
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9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
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10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
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11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
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13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
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37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
4
All about ldquogoodrdquo and ldquobadrdquo
Each of us ldquosome mixturerdquo of good amp bad
Who should pronounce final judgment on
right amp wrong
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
5
Moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong
(conscious rational scientific code of ethicshelliphellip
the basic ethics which any religion sets forward)
Study of questions about what is morally right
and wronghellip
Ethics
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
6
Moral
Values
Code of conduct
Ethics
All are inter-related but have specific meanings
Related terms
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
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10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
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11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
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13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
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48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
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61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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5
Moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong
(conscious rational scientific code of ethicshelliphellip
the basic ethics which any religion sets forward)
Study of questions about what is morally right
and wronghellip
Ethics
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6
Moral
Values
Code of conduct
Ethics
All are inter-related but have specific meanings
Related terms
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7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
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8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
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9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
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He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
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61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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6
Moral
Values
Code of conduct
Ethics
All are inter-related but have specific meanings
Related terms
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7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
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8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
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9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
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10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
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11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
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13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
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Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
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46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
7
Science is a way of thinking
What is Science
(Scientists seek answers to their own questions)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
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37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
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61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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8
Composing questions
Seeking answers
Process of inquiry(Scientific method scientific research)
ldquoAcquiring knowledgerdquo
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9
Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
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10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
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11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
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13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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Such a synergy between ldquoasking questions and seeking answersrdquo
Useful productscell phones Internet TV WMD chocolates
Not essence of science
˙ Way of thinking logic used in framing questions amp seeking answers
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10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
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11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
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13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
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37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
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46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
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48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
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61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
10
Science is based on two pillars
Trustamp Dissent
Brownoski (Science amp Human Values 1956)
amp
On the processes applied to that information
[Analysis Interpretation Inferences Conclusions]
Heavy demands on the adequacy of information
[ Data]
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
11
Helm Stadfer (1970)
How does one acquire knowledge
(1) Tenacity
Accept an idea which has already gained wide
acceptance (habit or superstition )
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12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
12
Examples
bull You cannot teach an old dog new tricksbull Opposites attract
Everyone ldquoknowsrdquo that
Breaking a mirror will result in 7 years bad luck One should never walk under a ladder Donrsquot let a black cat cross your path Many sports figures will only play a game when wearing their ldquoluckyrdquo socks or jersey Many students will not take exam without their lucky penpencilhat
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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13
(2) Intuition
Operates directly without any intellectual effort
Hotline with God
(self-styled psychics)
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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14
(information is accepted as true because it feels right ldquoinstinctsrdquo ldquohunchesrdquo ldquogut feelingrdquo
One is always ldquoill-at-easerdquo in doing something because it does not ldquofeelrdquo right
One cannot explain exactly how we know that a friend is having a bad day
Example
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15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
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61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
15
(3) Authority
Accept it
(Religious writings Pope Aristotle Sigmund Freud )
Some respectful source says so
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
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51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
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53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
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54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
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55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
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56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
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59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
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60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
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62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
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63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
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64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
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65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
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69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
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70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
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72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
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75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
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78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
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79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
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16
bull For many situations ndash excellent starting point quickest and easiest ndash school education uses this tool (teachers books internet )
It has disadvantages
bull Authority can be biased (conflicting testimony by ldquoexpertrdquo witnesses in court trials )bull Personal opinion divergent ratings for a movie bull Salman Khan ndash Chavanprash bull Linus Pauling (Nobel laureate in Chemistry) also advocated that vitamin ldquoCrdquo could cure the common cold (Subsequent scientific studies showed it to be bogus )bull Complete trust and faith
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17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
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18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
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19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
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20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
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21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
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22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
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23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
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24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
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25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
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26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
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27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
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28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
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29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
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30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
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31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
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32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
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33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
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Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
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35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
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36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
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37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
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38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
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39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
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40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
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41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
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42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
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43
What do we do
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44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
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45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
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47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
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49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
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50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
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52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
17
Uncritical acceptance of an idea because
What do these 3 styles have in common
(a) It has always been so
(b) We feel it is so
(c) Someone says it is so
(All of us use some of these approaches in every day
life ndash these ideas smoothen our personal lives)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
18
(4) Rationalism
Logic
(Purely a thought process)
Premises Conclusions
CorrectTrue
Sound
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
19
Common applications of this approach is to think through a problem without trying out different solutions
EXAMPLE
You are about to leave for an important meeting ndash your car refuses to start
Options
1 Call AA you may be latemiss the meeting2 Use public transport but you donrsquot know
the schedule ndash not sure if you will make it in time
3 Borrow neighbors car
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
20
Instead of actually doing something you are only considering options to find a logical solution
OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS
You need to travel only a short distance in heavy rain
Run or walk
1 Rain falling down on your headshoulders (running will help)
2 Rain in the air in front of you that you walk into as you move forward (independent of the length of time you are exposed)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
21
Example
So far so good
No No
However this approach also has limitations
All apples are fruitsSome fruits are oranges˙ Some apples are oranges
All apples are fruitsThis is an apple˙ This is a fruit
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
22
All 4 year-old children develop fears of the dark
David is a 4 year old child
˙ David has developed fears of the dark
OK unless of course David is NOT scared of
darkness
Why
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
23
Hypothesis itself is incorrect
David is 8 year old NOT 4 year old
David is the name of a dog or a boat
˙ Major amp minor premises must be true as determined
by other evidence
The hypothesis predictions must still be validated
through ldquoexperimentsrdquo or ldquoobservationsrdquo
Rationalism does not help in this regard
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
24
(5) Empiricism
Acquiring knowledge through observations of real
events ie experiencing through our senses
(seehear smell taste touch)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
25
ldquo I wonrsquot believe it unless I see itrdquo
Both these two approaches are at odds with the first
three
(Thales Hippocrates Galen Copernicus Galileo Darwin )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
26
Children tend to be shorter than adults
It is typically warmer in the summer than in the winter
One can check the oil level in your car by simply looking at the dip stick
Very common to misperceive (misinterpret) our immediate world
Two lines of equal length but different color
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
27
Summary
Method Way of knowing
Tenacity Habit or superstition
Intuition Hunch or feeling
Authority Expert
Rationalism Reason and logic
Empiricism Direct ldquosensoryrdquo observation
Direct experience ndash simple way to acquire knowledge But our perception can be allured by prior knowledge expectations feelings or beliefs
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
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66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
28
ldquo scientist must be a disinterested observer of nature
whose mind was cleaned of prejudices and
preconceptions rdquo
Sir Francis Bacon (contemporary of Galileo)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
29
Disinterested impartial and objective when recording observations
Woodward amp Goodstein (American Scientist 84 Sept-Oct 1996)
When translated into ldquonuts and boltsrdquo stuff
Never be motivated for personal gains (recognition awards advancement)
Each ldquoexperimentrdquo is designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis
If an ldquoobservationrdquo gives a result contrary to the prediction of a theory modify it or reject it
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
30
ldquolean over backwards to point out evidence that is contrary to your
own hypothesis or that might weaken the acceptance of their experimental
resultsrdquo
Richard Feynman notes
Provide sufficient details for anyone to replicate their experiments
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
31
4 Distinct Stages
bull Observations Critical questioning of a phenomenon
bull Hypothesis Expression of a preconceived factual relationship
bull Experimentation Systematic amp controlled testing of hypothesis
bull Induction Generalization
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
32
ldquoThis sounds like a mythhellip no fail-proof step-by-step scientific method that scientists use hellip depends on temperament
circumstances amp training The scientific approach involves doing onersquos utmost with
onersquos mind to understand the working of natureJust because we can spell out the results of
science so concisely or neatly in text books does not mean that scientific progress is smooth
certain and predictablerdquo
(Brown amp Le May Chemistry The Central Science 2nd ed Prentice Hall
1981 )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
33
ldquounethicalrdquo behaviour or
ldquoacademic misconductrdquo
So what constitutes
-- deviations from the commonly accepted practices in the scientific community
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
Types of misconduct in Research(The National Academy of Science USA
34
Four main types
(1) Plagiarism
bull Language and ideas
(2) Data adjustment and falsification
bull Suppressing ldquooutliersrdquobullTaming the ldquoroguesrdquobull ldquounfavorablerdquo data points
(3) Fabrication of data
(4) Coercive Citations and not giving due credit to othersrsquo work
bull Literature survey selective biased prebull Not citing the relevantbull ldquounfavorablerdquo data pointsbull Citing peripheral references to boost the impact factor of a journal
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
35
Let us pause amp ask
Ethics in research
Why ethics should at all be an issue in science
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
36
ldquoScience is a human endeavor If it were strictly a
logical pursuit of knowledge detached from the
rest of society then its rational character and lack
of social spin-off would obviate a concern for
ethics (machines)rdquo
A simple answer to this is
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
37
Our actions are manifestation of the way we are constructed as human beings
Brief Excursion
Mind
Memory and logic functions to process sensory data make a decision prediction
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
38
Conscious non rational psychic response to data from our sensory system (clouded by internally driven neurochemistry sickness
hormonal swings drugs etc)
Emotions
Emotions ndash link psyche with body(Heart beats faster when you are angry)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
39
Chooses from the alternatives presented by the mind in a way colored by the emotions
Will
Emotions
MindWill Decision action
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
40
What to do with offenders
Watchdogs of science(Police)
ldquoPunishmentrdquo(Everyone is innocent till
proven guilty)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
41
Most universities have a ldquoresearchrdquo office which oversees this aspect
Government bodies Office of Research Integrity(ORI) established in 1989
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ASCE AIChE ACS ASME
Voluntary OrganizationsSociety for scientific values(wwwscientificvaluesorg)
ldquohellip SSV is an independent body of scientists with the goal of upholding ethics hellip scientific community In the absence of a statutory body helliprdquo
But a ldquocrimerdquo must be reported before it is investigated
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
42
How common is misconduct
reported cases ldquo tip of the icebergrdquo Estimates vary
3 to 32 (Steneck 2000)Survey of 3247 scientists (Martinsen et al 2005) found 31000 confessed ldquocookingrdquo research data
Between 1990 amp 2002 NSF
ldquoinvestigated 800 allegations of misconduct in 600 cases and 60 cases (10) were deemed to be misconductrdquo
Rhoades et al (2004)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
43
What do we do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
44
Recall the dictumldquopunishment normally fits the crimerdquo
ldquoSelf realizationrdquo ldquoResignationrdquo is not uncommon (suicide) ldquoDebarmentrdquo is more common ldquoWithdrawalrdquo ldquoRetractionrdquo of publications ldquoCorrectionsrdquo
Level of ldquoPunishmentrdquo
What does it mean
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
45
Authorship Issues
Rules of the game are straightforward
Significant contributions merit co-authorship
Minor contributions deserve acknowledgements
Order of Authors
(But all must be able to defend the work in the paper or report)
Decreasing contributions
Sage Advice
When in doubt share itTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
46
Biological research
Cloning experiments involving humans and other creatures like mice rabbitsetc
ldquoWe turned the switch saw the flashes watched for ten minutes then switched everything off and went home That night we knew the world was headed
for sorrowrdquo(Leo Szilard after bombing of Japan)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
47
TYPES OF MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH(National Academy of Sciences USA)
Fabrication Falsification
Manipulation of Data
Plagiarism
Coercive citations
Not acknowledging the contribution of
the othersTEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
48
He wrote about experiments that were so difficult to reproduce that
many doubt if he actually conducted them
Galileo (1564-1642)
Founder of the modern scientific method
(Fabricationor Manipulationof data)
Some Examples
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
49
ldquodoctored his calculations to bolster his theory hellip planets move in
elliptic orbits not in circles around the sun rdquo
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630)
Father of modern astronomy
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
50
ldquoallegedly adjusted his calculations on the velocity of sound and on the precessions of the equinoxes so they
would support his theory rdquo
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of all time
( Massaging of data)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
51
John Dalton (1766-1844)
Reported numerous findings from experiments (1804-1805) no chemist since has been able to
reproduce
( Fudging)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
52
Robert Millikan (1868-1953) Nobel prize in Physics in 1923
ldquohellipdid not report unfavorable results of research carried out between
1910 amp 1913rdquo
( Suppression)
ldquohellipmeasured charge on an electron using oil drop experimentsrdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
53
Reported data 58 drops
Total data recorded in his notebooks = 175 drops
(Nov 20 1911 to April 16 1912)
What about 175 ndash 58 = 117 data point
ldquo It is to be remarked too that this is not a selected group of
drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during
60 consecutive days(italics in the original)during which time
the apparatus was taken down several times and set up a new rdquo
Millikan (1913 paper)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
54
Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971)
ldquohelliprelationship between heredity and intelligencerdquo
ldquomade up datafrom mid 1940s until 1966 to back up his (bogus) theoryrdquo
Pioneering psychologist
ldquothe human intelligence he claimed was 75 inheritedhelliprdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
55
What is
to kidnap
PLAGIARISM
From the Latin word ldquoplagiarerdquo
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
56
This also includes music art graphics pictures diagrams TV broadcasts websites or any other communication media
˙ In every day language plagiarism is simply theft of words ideas and thoughts of others and passing them
off as yours without giving credit or due acknowledgements
(Reference )
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
57TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
58TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
59
Schematic representation of uniaxial (a) biaxial (b) and planar (c) extension
Uniaxial extensional flow
No permissionreference
needed
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
60
COPYRIGHT copy
Established in 1709 (Statute of Anne) with the
purpose of
ldquo for the encouragement of learning and for
preventing unethical activities that may damage the
creative interest of the author or due benefits of a
printer publisher of a workrdquo
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
61
What does it mean
1 Material in public domain
prior to 1923 Information prior to 1977 without a copy After 1977 everything is copyrighted irrespective of copy
2 To quote verbatim
Concept of fair use (criticism commentary) Use ldquo rdquo and give source
(plagiarism)
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
62
200 out of 300 words 2000 word out of 500000 words may be possible The Nationmagazine lifted 300 words from 200000 words long memoirs of Gerry Ford The supreme court ruled this was not fair use Why The material quoted was the heart of the book
3 How much can be quoted verbatim
timestimes
timestimes
4 Infringement occurs even if the author is credited(requires permission from the copyright owner)
5 Not being able to trace the copyright owner is no excuse
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
63
CONSEQUENCES
is crime against academy
deceives readers hurts original authors
is the worst behaviour a sin an act of treason
Obviously there are different types and shades of plagiarism
Plagiarism
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
64
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
1) Complete piece of work copied entirely
2) Cut amp Paste Information off Internet and electronic journals
3) Word Switch Even if you change a few words it is still
plagiarism
4) Self Plagiarism Multiple publications
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
65
Why do people plagiarize
Greed
Laziness
Lack of time planning
Fear of failure
Lack of confidence knowledge
Pressure to produce
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
66TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
67TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
68
300 papers published during 25 years on geology of
Himalayas
presented data which can not be confirmed by subsequent
researchers
reported same specimens from more than one location
providing vague and misleading data
After a long and drawn process Prof V J Gupta had to resign
from his professorial position
[Nature338(1990) 405 369 (1994) 692-698]
Fabrication Falsification
Peripatetic fossils amp Prof V J Gupta
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
69
More serious forms of plagiarism
Professor BS Rajput Physicist(Vice-Chancellor of Kumaon University)
JoshiRajput Europhysics letters vol 57 5 was entirely copied from
Kallosh Phys Rev D vol54 8
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
70
Soon three more papers come under the scanner (one of these was retracted by Prog Theor Phys)
Rajputthreatenedlegal action
A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter to President Kalam
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
71TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
72TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
73TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
74
Additional possibilities for academic settings
Arbitrary grading policies
Gender bias
Abuse of graduate students
Backstabbing policies in inter-disciplinary research
outfits
and so onhellip
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
75
ldquoMany people say that it is the intellect
which makes a great scientist They are
wrong it is character rdquo-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
76TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
77
CONCLUSIONS
As I embark on my career as a Chemical Engineer I willingly pledge that I will
i) represent my scientific profession honorably
ii) conduct my research and my professional life in a manner that is always above reproach
iii) seek to incorporate the body of ethics and moral principles that constitute scientific integrity into all that I do
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
78
With this affirmation I pledge to acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me to seek truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my work and to become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those who follow
me (Craig Cather Culberson An ethical affirmation for scientists Science
299(2003) 1982)
iv) strive always to ensure that the results of my research and other scientific activities ultimately benefit humanity and that they cause no harm
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
79TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016
80
CONCLUDING REMARKS
bull Be as truthful as you can
TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016