Informal Discussions/Formal Authority

Educational Resource
Author:Anonymous
Abstract:

This case demonstrates how the vagueness and uncertainty of conventions on credit and ownership create subtle but complex problems in the practice of science, also illustrating the subtleties of the authority relationship between student and professor.

Keywords:
Authorship, Collaboration, Mentors and Trainees, Publication Ethics, Research and Practice
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Contributor:Schrag, Brian
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2009
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/graduate-research-ethics-cases-and-commentaries-volume-1-1997/informal-discussionsformal
    • Sponsoring Agency:
    NSF
    Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/bq8v-0464