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|Resource Type=Cases
|Title=Pressure to disclose confidential research findings
|Is About=A final year PhD is invited for an interview for a position that seems too good to be true. At the interview it becomes clear the chair of the interview committee has a keen interest in the research findings of the PhD candidates research group, which are under patent, undisclosed and are currently being submitted for publication. After the interview the chair stresses his interest in the research findings  and states he is looking for "team players, willing to share information with department colleagues".
|Important For=Graduate and postgraduate students
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|Has Link=https://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/interest/findings.cfm
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{{Tags
|Involves=final year phd student,; interview committee
|Has Timepoint=fictional
|Has Location=fictional
|Has Virtue And Value=Integrity; Reliability; Honesty
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Conflict of Interest; patent breach; disclosing confidential information
|Related To Research Area=PE - Physical Sciences and Engineering
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