Editorial: Does RCR Education Make Students More Ethical, and Is This the Right Question to Ask?

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1. I use will the term “education” in this essay because it has more of an academic connotation than other terms that are sometimes used in the literature, such as “instruction,” and “training.” Training seems to imply mastery of a pre-determined set of materials or skills by rote memorization or practice, whereas “education” seems to imply active participation in an open-ended, evolving learning process. Education includes formal courses, seminars, lectures, online modules, and mentoring.