Bibliography and Videography
Notes on the Bibliography and Videography
A wealth of books, articles, and videos are available for use in research ethics courses. References to the
materials collected during development of our course in research ethics and the companion NSF grant can
be found in the bibliographies and videography presented in the following pages. The references provide
a basis for incorporation of a rich variety of material into a research ethics course. When used along with
the reader that accompanies this monograph they provide the resources for further study on important
cases and topic areas of interest. They also provide material for lively class discussion.
The bibliography is divided into three sections: a case bibliography, a topic bibliography, and an
author index. The divisions can help readers locate material of interest for particular class sessions or can
enable readers to search for material of known authors. Some of the articles, cases, and books span
several different topic areas. Nevertheless, to avoid duplication, each article is cited in only one section
of the case or topic bibliography. Those publications that incorporate more than a single topic area can
be found in the General section of the topic bibliography.
The case bibliography presents lists of references on several of the more celebrated cases in research
ethics. These cases encompass a number of different scientific disciplines and can be used to develop
class sessions on a variety of different topic areas. Many of these cases are discussed and/or presented
for consideration in abbreviated form in the Reader that is published in conjunction with this book.
Material in the case bibliography can be used to supplement and extend a teacher’s or student’s
understanding of the cases discussed in class.
The Challenger case is a complex case in engineering ethics that brings to the fore many issues
concerning conflicts of interest and commitment. It is presented and discussed in Chapter 6 of the
Reader. The Cold Fusion case is a case in the physical sciences that helps to develop issues in reporting
of research and peer review. The Gallo case is a case in the biomedical sciences that brings up questions
of interpersonal interactions and misappropriation of intellectual property. This case is used to
introduce the topic of interpersonal interactions in Chapter 4 of the Reader. The cases in the
bibliography on human radiation experiments provide illustrations of human experimentation protocols
gone awry. An article that depicts differing perspectives on some of these experiments is presented for
discussion in Chapter 9 of the Reader. One of the more complicated cases in research ethics, the
Imanishi-Kari/Baltimore case, provides material for discussion of fabrication of research results,
interpersonal interactions, institutional responsibility, and whistleblowing. This extraordinarily complex
case concerns the alleged fabrication of research results in an immunology laboratory. Two of the
references in the bibliography on this case are presented in Chapter 3 of the Reader, where they can be
used to illustrate many of the topics expounded upon in the rest of that volume. The Milgram case is a
case in psychological experimentation using human subjects. It is discussed briefly in the chapter on
human experimentation, Chapter 9 of the Reader.
The final section of the case bibliography, Other Cases, contains a number of references to additional
interesting, and often complex, cases. Many of these references are concise, well-written articles that can
provide valuable examples for class discussion. Several of the cases, including Roberts’s article on the Cal
Tech case (1991), Marshall’s article on the Michigan State project (1991), and Amato’s article on
Rustum Roy’s decision to forgo peer review (1992), are contained in the Reader.
The topic bibliography is divided into sections that reflect our course outline. These topics include
Methodology, Reporting, Funding and Peer Review, Institutional Responsibility, Whistleblowing,
Animal Experimentation, and Human Experimentation. Added to that list are two important topic areas
that, though not in our original course, were covered by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
consortium. These topics are Teaching and Learning, and Conflict of Interest. We have also included a
bibliography on engineering ethics, which should be particularly helpful to some audiences.
The General section of the topic bibliography includes material that does not fit neatly into any of the
other case or topic areas. Included in this section are books of case scenarios such as the book by
Koreman produced by the American Association of Medical Colleges and the book by R. L. Penslar of
Indiana University. Also included are a novel by Carl Djerassi and a play by R. G. Martin. The play, A
Stampede of Zebras, provides an excellent source of material for class discussion of issues related to
interpersonal interac