The course instructor expects all team members to attempt to workout their conflicts and differences to not allow the underlying problems to affect team performance. Teams that allow problems to go unresolved over extended periods must bear the consequences of their inaction. If you are unable to resolve satisfactorily your conflicts and differences, the course instructor can consult with you to seek a mutually acceptable solution. If asked, the course instructor will act as a binding arbitrator to hear all sides of the problem and choose an appropriate action. While performing the various team-based projects, you assume the role of a researcher.
Researchers are fallible and make honest mistakes.
Mistakes made while trying to do one's best are part of learning, but mistakes made through gross negligence are not. Gross haste, carelessness, and inattention can lead to work that does not meet the minimal standards of research. Some researchers demand speed rather than care. Sacrificing the quality of one's work through negligence and fraud will, in the long run, have a detrimental effect on one's career. The odds are that one's peers and supervisors will detect consistent sacrifices of quality or acts of fraud.