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1. Do we only think of ethics in terms of bad things?
2. Deciding authorship and its order
3. What to do when you find an error or inconsistency in previous data, especially in your own group
4. How does one archive data and procedures to document and re-create what was done?
5. What is your responsibility in helping non-English speaker and other non-acculturated people, both in your own group and when reviewing papers?
6. What are your responsibilities in general in helping others?
7. How do you properly give others credit for contributing to the work?
8. What are appropriate references in a paper?
9. Plagiarism, paraphrasing, copying
10. Does Science Citation Index cause people to do things that are not ethical or poor scientific practice?
11. What is the role of graduate students in grant writing? What benefits should graduate students receive from helping write a proposal?
12. How much information can you share (computer codes, samples)? How do you give proper credit?
13. How openly can you discuss new ideas in grant proposals and job interviews?
14. Pros and cons for anonymous reviews
15. Responsibilities as a reviewer
16. Conflicts of interest -- monetary and intellectual
17. Fair and unfair competition
18. Proposal strategy
19. Responsibilities for managing grant money
20. Directed versus free-flowing research
21. Awards and prizes -- politics and ethics
22. Waste and pollution -- our responsibilities
23. Internet and World Wide Web ethics
24. Dealing with the press; communicating to society at large
25. Science as a force for good or evil in the world