Ethics instruction increases graduate students' responsible conduct of research knowledge but not moral reasoning

Accountability in Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 268-283

  Schmaling, Karen B ^a   Blume, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Moral reasoning; Responsible conduct of research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MORALS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 70349833328     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620903190323     Document Type: Article

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