A Sensemaking Approach to Ethics Training for Scientists: Preliminary Evidence of Training Effectiveness
- 11 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Ethics & Behavior
- Vol. 18 (4), 315-339
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10508420802487815
Abstract
In recent years, we have seen a new concern with ethics training for research and development professionals. Although ethics training has become more common, the effectiveness of the training being provided is open to question. In the present effort, a new ethics training course was developed that stresses the importance of the strategies people apply to make sense of ethical problems. The effectiveness of this training was assessed in a sample of 59 doctoral students working in the biological and social sciences using a pre-post design with follow-up, and a series of ethical decision-making measures serving as the outcome variable. Results showed that this training not only led to sizable gains in ethical decision-making, but that these gains were maintained over time. The implications of these findings for ethics training in the sciences are discussed.Keywords
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