I have to write a essay on how different ethical concerns shape the way of working of a scientist and the manner in which he communicates his results to general public.
The design of the experiment involved recruiting people/ human subject must use informed concern.Try your search on guide from National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. While, for research using animals, we must have the animal welfare statement accordance to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) or World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA). It can be read further on: The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2011. For molecular biologist if you want to have high ethical, professional and scientific standards in both conducting and reporting ourr research activities you can find in IUBMB: International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and all the associated organization ie:IFCC: International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine; ISFRR: International Society for Free Radical Research; ISN: International Society for Neurochemistry.
This is a good topic. I would like to point an article that you could reference; demonstrates why your topic is so important. It has been found recently that plagiarism is more rampant than ever in biological/biomedical sciences; article title, "How science goes wrong" published in the economist has alarming findings. The article argues that extreme competitiveness in the field of research leads scientist to falsely report data.
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