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Creating a Dynamic RCR Program NPA Annual Meeting Berkeley April 1, 2007 Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D. University of Miami Ethics Programs kgoodman@miami.edu Context Postdocs are or think they are: Powerless Exploited


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Creating a Dynamic RCR Program

NPA Annual Meeting Berkeley April 1, 2007

Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D. University of Miami Ethics Programs kgoodman@miami.edu

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Context

Postdocs are or think they are:

Powerless Exploited Under-appreciated

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So, RCR Sometimes:

Seems disconnected from daily life and problems Seems to ignore career concerns Seems forced, hectoring, boring – a distraction

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Competing Emphases

Funding Science Institutional politics

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Toward Dynamic RCR

Emphasize critical thinking (no preaching!) … path to RCR “fitness” requires at least a little effort

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Toward Dynamic RCR

Avoid compliance as a motivator

  • r focus … ethics is not about

compliance or avoiding regulators

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Toward Dynamic RCR

Seek interesting partners (e.g., some philosophers and epistemologists would love to be included in an RCR program); publication and growth of science

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Toward Dynamic RCR

  • Organize programs, not lectures;

i.e., foster discussion and debate … RCR sessions are not ruses or tricks to foster good behavior

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Creating a Dynamic RCR Program

NPA Annual Meeting Berkeley April 1, 2007

Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D. University of Miami Ethics Programs kgoodman@miami.edu