Ethical decision-making model.

For this Assignment, review the following Case Study:

You are a faculty member at a college. The dean assigned the head of your department to examine a specific issue. You attended several meetings of various faculty members to discuss the issue, and the department head attended only one. You and a colleague wrote a reasoned, point-by-point response to the original issue of concern, and you sent this to the department head. A few months later, you are surprised to see a journal article manuscript with the department head listed as the sole author. When you read the article, you see that you and your colleague are cited in the appendix, but much of the material is word for word what you have written.

The Case Study allows you to apply ethics to real-life situations and demonstrate your understanding of the decision making needed to resolve such conflicts. It is rare for an ethical dilemma to involve only one issue, so you should take the time to reflect on the complications that present themselves in the situations described in the Case Study.

For this week’s Assignment, review the overview of the five ethical decision-making models that can be found in the Learning Resources section.

For this week’s Application, submit by Day 7 a 3- to 5-page paper that includes the following:

  • An explanation of the ethical dilemmas you perceive to be involved in the Case Study.
  • A description of what you might do in response to the dilemma. Include the following in your explanation:
    • A step-by-step application of one of the decision-making models provided above.
    • An explanation of the possible outcomes for each individual in the Case Study.
    • An explanation of any benefits and limitations of the model you selected.

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources.

Required Resources

Readings

  • Bersoff, D. (Ed.). (2008). Ethical conflicts in psychology (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
    • Chapter 3, “Learning Ethics” (pp. 117–157)
    • Chapter 8, “Academia: Research, Teaching, and Supervision” (pp. 385–451)
  • Fisher, C. B. (2017). Decoding the ethics code: A practical guide for psychologists (4th ed). California: Sage Publications, Inc.
    • Chapter 3, “The APA Ethics Code and Ethical Decision Making” (pp. 31-53)
    • Chapter 10, “Standards on Education and Training” (pp. 259-278)
  • National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (2009). On being a scientist: A guide to responsible conduct in research.Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: https://www.nap.edu/download/12192#

Media

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Producer.) (2001). The lab: An interactive video on avoiding misconduct. Washington, DC: USDHHS: Office of Research.
    Retrieved from http://ori.hhs.gov/TheLab/TheLab.shtml

Optional Resources

Note: Be sure to extend your knowledge of this week’s topic to your own specialization. Conduct your own research by reviewing the journals, websites and other publications of your specific specialization. Websites tend to have the most current information.

Answer preview

The ethical dilemma involves the use of own materials by the head of the department to make publication without proper citation and recognition of the critical participants (Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center, n.d.). There are two ethical situations in the case. First on the fact that the three stakeholders, head of department, myself and a colleague contributed to the research on the issue would require equal recognition as core authors in the manuscript. Secondly, the head of the department only attended one meeting and yet excludes the other members who played the most significant role, purely unethical. Also including us in the appendix yet the content in the journal article represents the materials sent to the department head. Considering that there is no definition of my role and that of the colleague was not defined as participants establish and stamp the ethical issues. As a department,

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