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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant 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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Professional ethics:

Some thoughts on 'Aetogate'

Brian reminds us not to mistake the lull in the action in "Aetogate" (the charges of unethical conduct by Spencer Lucas and colleagues) for a resolution to the matter. We're still waiting for the ruling from the Society for Vertebrate...

How committed are paleontologists to objectivity (in questions of ethical conduct)?

Objectively judging facts? Objectively judging friends?

Senior scientists, give us some good news!

What are senior scientists doing to push back against misconduct? (You are pushing back, aren't you?)

Ask an ethicist: How can I stand up to misbehavior in my field?

Are there any good options to respond to the wrongdoing of those with way more power than you?

A tangle of controversy -- and a plea to start untangling.

You've probably heard that UCLA scientist Edythe London, whose house was earlier vandalized to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars by animal rights activists, has once again been targeted. This time an incendiary device was left on her...

The project of being a grown-up scientist (part 2).

Why don't advisors and trainees talk about what's involved in being a grown-up scientist?

The project of being a grown-up scientist (part 1).

Getting across the chasm between science student and scientist.

Who has the biggest snakepit?

Are some scientific disciplines more populated with shady characters than others?

Way to represent your professional community, dude!

In response to my earlier post on the allegations of ethical lapses among a group of paleontologists studying aetosaurs, a reader sent me a message posted to a public mailing list of vertebrate paleontologists. The message gives a glimpse of...

Peer reviewer behaving badly (and why it matters).

Revere already flagged this story, but I'm going to try to move beyond the forehead slapping to some analysis of why a journal's confidentiality rules might matter. (I'll leave it to Bill, Bora, Jean-Claude, and their posse to explain how...

Paleontologists behaving badly.

A recent news item by Rex Dalton in Nature [1] caught my attention. From the title ("Fossil reptiles mired in controversy") you might think that the aetosaurs were misbehaving. Rather, the issue at hand is whether senior scientists at the...

Help build the science blogging ethics wiki.

Science blog readers can help science bloggers figure out their responsibilities.

Tenure decisions.

In light of the ongoing flap about Iowa State University's decision to deny tenure to Guillermo Gonzalez, I thought it might be worth looking at an actual university policy on tenure -- the policy in place at my university --...

Rudy Baum responds to questions about C&E News.

In response to my open letter to the ACS, Rudy Baum, the Editor in Chief of Chemical & Engineering News, emailed me some information which I am posting here with his kind permission:...

An open letter to the ACS.

Like Revere and the folks at The Scientist, I received the series of emails from "ACS insider" questioning the way the American Chemical Society is running its many publications -- and in particular, how compensation of ACS executives (and close...

Freedom in the classroom.

Perhaps you've already seen the new(ish) AAUP report Freedom in the Classroom, or Michael Bérubé's commentary on it at Inside Higher Ed yesterday. The report is such a clear statement of what a professor's freedom in the classroom amounts to...

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