The Case of the Over Eager Collaborator

Educational Resource
Author:Anonymous
Abstract:

An archaeologist working in Arizona is doing research on a site that might help provide evidence for a local Native American group to apply for land claims under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The researcher has to go through a slow process to get landowners to agree to let her dig holes on their land. When a land owner asks her to give her opinion on a number of older-looking pots that he swears he did not dig out of his land, she becomes suspicious.

Keywords:
Collaboration, Communicating Science and Engineering, Conflict of Interest, Ethics and Society, Research and Practice
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2016
Notes:

Case Study / Scenario