Timeline for Working in two research lab at the same time – unethical?
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| Jun 29, 2015 at 13:02 | comment | added | user2813274 | @JackAidley that works well for bog snorkling as there is no overlap, but when your working for the same ultimate employer (the university) in the same field, there are issues - first of all, the university may not be allowed to have a person work more than 40hr/week and have legal issues if they do (working at two different places would normally remedy this) - the next is that in the industry, there are often non-compete clauses that prevent working in the same industry at the same time - while they may not exist in this setting, they do have their purpose and it would apply here as well. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 10:00 | comment | added | Lilienthal | Some people recharge mentally by hanging out with friends or regular leisure activities. Some may want to instead explore other research as the OP is doing. Assuming that this means that those students aren't interested in their main activities is quite insulting. The OP certainly won't be able to contribute to the secondary research as much as his main activity simply because he's working on it in his spare time but that has no bearing on whether he'll be successful in Lab A. Professor B should be aware that the OP only has limited hours available but that's where the ethical issue ends imo. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 7:42 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | @user2813274: I disagree. Alex is under no more obligation to tell the professor what he does with the rest of his time whether that's doing other research or going bog snorkling. I find it surprising that he's not mentioned it, but it is in no way unethical. | |
| Jun 28, 2015 at 16:03 | comment | added | user2813274 | I especially agree with the last comment - it's not the act itself that is unethical, but deception almost always is unethical (and not informing both professors of your other involvement would be a lie by omission) | |
| Jun 28, 2015 at 9:06 | history | answered | xLeitix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |