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Page 1: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

Part-VI

1

Ethics in Scientific Research

TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016

2

Outline

Introduction and definitions

Ethics in everyday life (Personal ethics)

Code of conduct for professionals

Ethics and misconduct in scientific research

Concluding remarks

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

TEQIP Feb 19-21 2016

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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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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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80

CONCLUDING REMARKS

bull Be as truthful as you can

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Page 2: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

2

Outline

Introduction and definitions

Ethics in everyday life (Personal ethics)

Code of conduct for professionals

Ethics and misconduct in scientific research

Concluding remarks

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

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)

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

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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

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

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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 )

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

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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

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

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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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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

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)

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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Page 5: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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)

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)

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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

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

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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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

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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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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

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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]

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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 )

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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)

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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

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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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Page 8: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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

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

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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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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

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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]

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

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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

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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

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)

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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

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

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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

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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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Page 11: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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

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80

CONCLUDING REMARKS

bull Be as truthful as you can

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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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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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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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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

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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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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)

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

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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

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)

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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

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

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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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

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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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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

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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

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)

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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 )

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

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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 )

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)

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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)

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

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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

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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)

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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 )

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

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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

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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)

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

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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 )

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)

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

Page 17: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

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

Page 19: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 20: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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)

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

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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

Page 25: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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)

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

Page 27: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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)

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

Page 29: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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 )

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

Page 31: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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 )

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

Page 33: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 34: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

Page 36: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 37: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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)

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

Page 39: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 40: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

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

Page 42: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 43: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

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

Page 45: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 46: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 47: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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)

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

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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)

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

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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

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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 )

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

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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

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

Page 55: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

Page 56: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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)

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

Page 62: Ethics in Scientific Research - IIT Kanpur Skills/research... · Ethics and misconduct in scientific research Concluding remarks TEQIP Feb 19-21, ... 31 4 Distinct Stages ... AIChE,

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

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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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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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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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

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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

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