Question

A scientist at a chemical company designs and conducts an experiment to determine if a chemical made by the company is harmful to crops. To do this, he sprays the chemical on three plants he has in the laboratory. None of the plants survive. The scientist reports that the chemical is not harmful to crops and publishes a paper stating that the chemical should be sprayed on all fields. The scientist is being

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A scientist at a chemical company designs and conducts an experiment to determine if a chemical made by the company is harmful to crops. To do this, he sprays the chemical on three plants he has in the laboratory. None of the plants survive. The scientist reports that the chemical is not harmful to crops and publishes a paper stating that the chemical should be sprayed on all fields. The scientist is being

a observant

b unethical

c skeptical

d open-minded

Answer:

B. Unethical

Explanation:

In scientific experiment, Unethical action refers to actions that violate a set for moral standards/principles that is commonly held by other people in society. Usually, they do such unethical actions to obtain a personal gain by sacrificing other people.

In the example above, the scientist was fully aware that the chemical substance is dangerous (because the plants died after he sprayed the chemicals).

Despite that, that scientist chose to harmful to crops and publishes a paper stating that the chemical should be sprayed on all fields (most likely because he obtain some sort of reward from the chemical company if he show a positive research result) . This might caused a destruction to the environment  and endangered the lives of a lot of people.