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Principles of Data Ownership
Case Study II

An undergraduate psychology student is working on a research project under direction of a professor. One day the student enters his workspace and finds the professor reading the student’s laboratory notebook. The student becomes angry, accuses the professor of snooping in his private papers, seizes the notebook, and leaves the building with it.

PLEASE CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS

  1. Is the student’s reaction understandable?

  2. Is the student correct in doing what he does?

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