Please be mindful that there will be congestion on the roads, parking lots will fill up quickly, and you will need to give yourself ample commuting time. In addition, you will still be responsible for all material covered in class. The maximum length requirement for the formal part remains at 1 page. The major public funding for science through grants for academic research, partnering with industry, and in government agencies requires public accountability. Publicity surrounding various cases of misconduct has led to proposals, such as the need for a version of the Hippocratic Oath in science.
Many scientists assume that science is already a profession in the formal sense.
Before that assumption becomes valid, science must develop a strong and credible means of self-regulation, which in turn requires a clear and enforceable code of ethics. Obviously, the code must be directed to respect for the employer, the profession and the public, but it must also respect the processes and subjects of science. In this talk, I will argue that we can probably deal with overt cases of fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, but must take our heads out the sand over less obvious ethical issues, such as authorship, intellectual property, peer review and conflicts of interest. I propose that we can start towards a code of ethics by reexamining the central function of the role model at the heart of scientific training. It is here where science begins to take its professional responsibilities.