Question

Which situation describes a scientist acting in an ethical way?

Answer 1

Do you have a situation to chose from, or do you want an example?

Answer 2

A. A scientist decides not to pursue a research project even though he'd make a lot of money because he feels the research is focused on something that might harm the public.
B. A scientist decides to perform an experiment that she knows will cause terrible harm because she really wants to know the results.
C. A scientist finds an error in another scientist's work but fails to report the error because the other scientist is a friend.
D. A scientist finds that her data does not support her hypothesis so she alters the data.

Answer 3

A)is right because she stopped the research because it might affects the populace.B) Is wrong because one of the ethics of any research is that it must not constitute known harmful effects. C) Is wrong because the results will misinform the populace as a result of wrong data which is against the ethic of research. D) Is also wrong because it will lead to false theory and mis informations.

Answer 4

Ethical is doing what you pertain to right and wrong to conduct.

The scientist in the first one is pertaining to what he thinks is right and wrong to conduct. He thinks that it is wrong to pursue this project and that it will cause harm to the public, or that it at least focuses on harming it. By doing what was right to conduct, he is giving up the project and the money, even if it is a lot because he believes, that it is right to conduct this and that it is wrong to conduct the research, due to the harm that he thinks, that it will cause to the public.

**Remember: Ethical: Pertaining to what is right and wrong to conduct.

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