Timeline for Who should I specify as my affiliation if re-writing an undergraduate paper?
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| Jun 9, 2017 at 11:14 | vote | accept | JSideris | ||
| Jun 9, 2017 at 7:19 | comment | added | user2768 | @NateEldredge, I believe LyndonWhite raised the issue in the context of contracts, hence, my use of "legal" should be considered in the context of contracts. As I have stated, "your boss is going to be angry" and may act accordingly (including firing you, if permitted by law). | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 16:57 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @user2768: "Legally"? In many jurisdictions, including most of the US, an employer can fire an employee for any reason or for no reason, at any time, unless there is a specific contract specifying otherwise (which might be rare). So in such a case, just annoying Big Drill could cost your job. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 16:04 | comment | added | user2768 | @LyndonWhite, in the scenario you mention, your boss is going to be angry even if you don't list your affiliation... | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:55 | comment | added | user2768 | @LyndonWhite, that seems like a corner case. Legally, Big Drill Co has no come back. Of course, the world doesn't operate on law alone... | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:53 | comment | added | Frames Catherine White | While one only is required to follow contractual obligations, but if for example I was an engineer working for a company the produces mining drills, and I wrote a paper was called "On the Significant Dangers of Mining Drills, Compares to other Technologies" and assuming my contract allowed me to do this kind of thing in my free time (without say giving the company ownership), then it is entirely possible that I have neither violated my contract, nor even broken any formal company rules. But when my boss finds the paper, and sees my affiliation listed as "Big Drill Co" ... | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:44 | comment | added | user2768 | @LyndonWhite, JSideris must abide by any contractual obligations put in place by his current employer. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | Frames Catherine White | Your current employer may not look kindly upon you listing them under your affiliation. As it may be misinterpreted as saying they endorse the work (or that it was arrived out on their behalf). I think I have scene it suggested elsewhere on this sight that you are safest just to give no affiliation. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:34 | comment | added | user2768 | I think you'll need permission from everyone involved to publish the paper. (That's probably been answered on here somewhere.) It might be worth getting an initial agreement from everyone in advance. You'll want to ask again once the paper is prepared. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:32 | comment | added | JSideris | Great idea. I will reach out to the supervisor. Maybe he can help out with the paper. And I'm sure he's got access to all kinds of other resources. Yes, the other team members will definitely be on the paper if I can help it, but due to some complex circumstances (more appropriate for a whole other question), one of them has dropped out of contact. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 15:03 | history | answered | user2768 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |