Paid sick leave and ethics.
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Being an able-bodied member of the workforce is not a permanent position. What are your duties if you're collecting sick-pay?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:42 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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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Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:35 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Final grades and missing student work: what to do?
Category: Academia
Even though I got my grades filed last Friday (hours before the midnight deadline), this week I kept encountering colleagues for whom the grading drama Would. Not. End. As you might imagine, this led to some discussions about what one...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 9:04 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:38 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Teaching and testing (or, your philosophy on final exams).
Category: Academia
Since finals are nearly upon us here (and since I'm not quite ready to face the next stack of papers that needs grading), I got to wondering how other academics feel about when the final exam ought to be written...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:16 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The corresponding question for the science PIs: graduate student work hours.
Category: Academia
From the last poll you probably guessed that this one was coming. I expect my graduate students to be working:Market Research I'll be interested to see whether there's any correspondence between the hours demanded by PIs who read this blog...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:55 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A quick question for the science graduate students: work hours.
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The issue came up in my "Ethics in Science" class today, so I figured it was worth mounting a quick (and obviously unscientific) poll: My graduate advisor expects or requires me to work:survey software Feel free to discuss in the...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:52 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Question for the hivemind: where in the blogosphere do you find mentoring?
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Yesterday in my "Ethics in Science" class, we were discussing mentoring. Near the end of the class meeting, I noted that scientists in training have a resource nowadays that just wasn't available during my misspent scientific youth (back in the...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:57 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Objectivity, conflicts of interest, and book reviews.
Category: Communication
Let's say you're a book review editor for a large circulation science periodical. You receive books from publishers and you look for scientists with the relevant expertise to write reviews that really engage the content of the books they are...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:45 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Time to get mad. Ways to speak up.
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When I told you about the infuriating tactics extreme animal rights activists are turning against Dario Ringach for even daring to express his view that animal research can be important, a number of you asked in the comments, "What can...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:58 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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