For this week’s Assignment, view the interactive simulation media titled “The Lab.”
- Putting yourself in the role of the graduate student, consider the ethical dilemma(s) related to her work at “The Lab” as you click through the interactive choice menus.
- Click through the “Ethical Decision-Making Tutorial” to see how Jones’s ethical decision-making model can be applied to the graduate student’s dilemma.
Submit by Day 7 a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:
- A description of the situation experienced by the graduate student related to publishing.
- An explanation of the ethical decision(s) you might make in this role. Support your response with the APA core principles you used to make each decision.
- An explanation of whether and how the outcome might have differed if you had chosen another set of core principles.
Answer preview
One ethical decision is actively researching to develop the professional capacity, the institution and as a guide for other professionals who would achieve similar results. Beneficence and Nonmaleficence principle guide the graduate students to consider that the publications they make are to be focused into establishing a solution for others and in especially through improving the health welfare of others (Kerkhoff, & Hanson, 2015). Like Dave researching brain cancer, every decision would consider creating a scientific solution that is of benefit to society beyond graduating. For the undergraduate student doing research and making mistakes what he lacks in confidence. He has little understanding on the operating principles and requires guideline to be a good researcher. For the advisor, he ought to care that the limitations with the graduate students concerning research would affect the society for a significant period. As the advisor, I would be determined to mentor the graduate students without favor or discriminations irrespective of their limitations.
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