Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note to Students
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- Part 1 Values and the Evaluation of Acts in Engineering
- Part 2 Engineering Responsibility
- Part 3 Responsible Research Conduct
- 8 Ethics in the Changing Domain of Research
- 9 Responsible Authorship and Credit in Engineering and Scientific Research
- Part 4 The Future of Engineering
- References
- Index
9 - Responsible Authorship and Credit in Engineering and Scientific Research
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note to Students
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- Part 1 Values and the Evaluation of Acts in Engineering
- Part 2 Engineering Responsibility
- Part 3 Responsible Research Conduct
- 8 Ethics in the Changing Domain of Research
- 9 Responsible Authorship and Credit in Engineering and Scientific Research
- Part 4 The Future of Engineering
- References
- Index
Summary
What are the ways in which credit can be given for research contributions when writing a research report?
Credit for research contributions is assigned in three principal ways in research publications: by authorship (of the research being published), citation (of previously published or formally presented work), and via a written acknowledgment (of some contribution to the present research).
Good research practice also requires fulfilling responsibilities. As was discussed in the introduction, fulfilling responsibilities typically requires both creativity and more exercise of judgment than do fulfilling obligations, respecting others’ rights, or following rules of the form “Do X” or “Do not do Y.” Responsible authorship requires the concept of forward-looking responsibility. Forward-looking responsibility specifies the end (i.e., the good result) that is to be achieved, such as “the responsibility for the integrity of the research record.” To fulfill a responsibility one must figure out what to do or avoid doing to achieve the specified ends.
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- Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research , pp. 324 - 348Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011