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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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Ethical research:

In search of accepted practices: the final report on the investigation of Michael Mann (part 2).

Category: Academic integrity

When you're investigating charges that a scientist has seriously deviated from accepted practices for proposing, conducting, or reporting research, how do you establish what the accepted practices are? In the wake of ClimateGate, this was the task facing the Investigatory...

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Ethics case study: science goes to the dogs.

Category: Ethical research

I want to apologize for the infrequency of my posting lately. Much of it can be laid at the feet of end-of-term grading, although today I've been occupied with a meeting of scientists at different career stages to which I...

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Ask Dr. Free-Ride: Ethically, which field of science is the worst?

Category: Ethical research

And what kind of empirical evidence could we get to answer the question?

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Common ground and deeply held differences: a reply to Bruins for Animals.

Category: Communication

In a post last month, I noted that not all (maybe even not many) supporters of animal rights are violent extremists, and that Bruins for Animals is a group committed to the animal rights position that was happy to take...

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What's the point of peer review?

Category: Blogospheric science

Once again, I'm going to "get meta" on that recent paper on blogs as a channel of scientific communication I mentioned in my last post. Here, the larger question I'd like to consider is how peer review -- the back...

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Ethical use of student labor.

Category: Academia

MommyProf wonders whether some of the goings on in her department are ethical. She presents two cases. I'm going to look at them in reverse order. Case 2: Faculty member is tenure-track and he and I have collaborated on a...

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What to do when your coauthor doesn't return your calls.

Category: Communication

You never call, you never write. Can you please sign off on the manuscript so we can finally submit it?

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ClimateGate, the Michael Mann inquiry, and accepted scientific practices.

Category: Academia

Discuss the question of what counts (or should count) as accepted scientific practices without the annoying background noise of climate change denial.

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In the wake of ClimateGate: findings of the misconduct inquiry against Michael Mann.

Category: Academia

Penn State's inquiry committee reports on allegations against Michael Mann, laying the ground for an investigation that may have broad implications for the practice of science in academia.

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Dialogue about animal research: save the date!

Category: Announcements

For those of you who have heard me issue calls for dialogue (not debate) on the subject of research with non-human animals -- especially if you're in the Los Angeles area -- I'm pleased to announce that there's an event...

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