Members of the Caltech community live, learn and work with in an Honor System with one simple guideline: “No member shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.” While seemingly simple, questions of ethics, honesty and integrity are sometimes challenging. Share an ethical dilemma that has challenged you. How did you respond? Your response is not limited to academic situations.

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During my summer vacation, I had a chance to participate in a cancer research program that experimented with genetically engineered, or “altered,” mice, nicknamed the “au naturel mice,” or the “nude mice,” deriving their byname from their furless features. They are distinctly used for cancer research because they do not produce T cells...