Relevant Ethical Principles In Animal Research Practices
5. Relevant Ethical Principles
The ethical principles and professional standards that pertain to this case are as follows:
Respect for Colleagues. Shamoo and Resnik’s Responsible Conduct of Research describes having respect for colleagues as “Help[ing] to educate, train, mentor, and advise the next generation of researchers.” (Shamoo, 18). This is important because, as a lead researcher, you are taking responsibility for the researchers working under you. If a researcher practices ethical misconduct in the lab they are setting a bad example for their fellow researchers and therefore could be liable for any future misconduct their mentees commit. Also, in failing to pass on good research ethics to their mentees lead researchers are setting the future of scientific research up to fail.
Protection of research animals. Researchers conducting experiments with animal research subjects should protect the welfare of their animal research subjects. In order to do this researchers should not use animals in experiments that are not necessary or that are poorly designed (Shamoo, 19). In using animals for research, especially invasive research, we are taking them out of their natural environment and taking from then any …show more content…
Edward Taub be found not guilty of ethical misconduct and that questions would not arise whether or not Alex Pacheco had orchestrated the conditions of the lab. If this course was taken all charges against Dr. Edward Taub would be dropped. He would be allowed back into research, however, the Silver Spring Monkey Experiment may not be resumed. The Federal Government would not give the remaining grant money back to Dr. Edward Taub to resume his research, however, they also would not sue him for the money that had already been spent on the research. Depending on the condition of the monkeys they would either be euthanized and used to collect further data for the research or transferred to zoos
The ethical principles and professional standards that pertain to this case are as follows:
Respect for Colleagues. Shamoo and Resnik’s Responsible Conduct of Research describes having respect for colleagues as “Help[ing] to educate, train, mentor, and advise the next generation of researchers.” (Shamoo, 18). This is important because, as a lead researcher, you are taking responsibility for the researchers working under you. If a researcher practices ethical misconduct in the lab they are setting a bad example for their fellow researchers and therefore could be liable for any future misconduct their mentees commit. Also, in failing to pass on good research ethics to their mentees lead researchers are setting the future of scientific research up to fail.
Protection of research animals. Researchers conducting experiments with animal research subjects should protect the welfare of their animal research subjects. In order to do this researchers should not use animals in experiments that are not necessary or that are poorly designed (Shamoo, 19). In using animals for research, especially invasive research, we are taking them out of their natural environment and taking from then any …show more content…
Edward Taub be found not guilty of ethical misconduct and that questions would not arise whether or not Alex Pacheco had orchestrated the conditions of the lab. If this course was taken all charges against Dr. Edward Taub would be dropped. He would be allowed back into research, however, the Silver Spring Monkey Experiment may not be resumed. The Federal Government would not give the remaining grant money back to Dr. Edward Taub to resume his research, however, they also would not sue him for the money that had already been spent on the research. Depending on the condition of the monkeys they would either be euthanized and used to collect further data for the research or transferred to zoos