Professional Ethics

Submitted by Lori Watson / Earlham College on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 19:08
Description

This is an assignment designed to help students begin to reflect on professional ethics of scientific practice.  I have used this in a freshman and a senior seminar after 2-3 days of discussion of what professional ethics is and how one goes about choosing a course of action in an ethical dilemma.  I use:

In Lewis' Own Words

Submitted by Nancy Williams / Scripps College, Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 18:31
Description

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How to Read an Inorganic Paper for Synthesis Information

Submitted by Hilary Eppley / DePauw University on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 16:49
Description

This assignment takes students through the process of learning how to find and read a paper from the primary literature, specifically to get experimental details (synthesis, characterization).  It also focuses on how to use a variety of chemical information resources.  It could be combined with the questions from Chemical Information Assignment to create a longer assignment.  

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