Responsible conduct of research training typically includes only a subset of the issues that ought to be included in science ethics and sometimes makes ethics appear to be a set of externally imposed rules rather than something intrinsic to scientific practice. A new approach to science ethics training based upon Pennock’s notion of the scientific virtues may help avoid such problems. This paper motivates and describes three implementations—theory-centered, exemplar-centered, and concept-centered—that we have developed in courses and workshops to introduce students to this scientific virtue-based approach.

Pennock, R. T., O’Rourke, M. (2016). Developing a scientific virtue-based approach to science ethics training.. Science and Engineering Ethics. Available online. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-016-9757-2.