Ethical Issues and Concerns Associated With Mentoring Undergraduate Students

Engaging Postgraduate Students in Preparing Research Proposals

“…While they have advisers or supervisors to guide and mentor them during the research process, they frequently show uncertainty about the research process. Similarly, Anderson and Shore (2008) found that students tended to show some feeling of frustration with the faculty and the program because of the difficulties they faced in writing their research.…”

The mentorship of undergraduate students in counselling psychology research

“…As stated in the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Guidelines for Mentorship, the main goal of research mentorship is to foster the student's development, taking into account the student's developmental needs (Borders et al, 2012). In discussing the ethical responsibilities that accompany mentorship of undergraduate students, Anderson and Shore (2008) suggested that mentorship requires a respect for the mentee's need for autonomy, along with an awareness of the power differential between the mentor and mentee. Mentors must avoid imposing their values and professional agendas on to the mentee.…”

“…through continued professional development) and embody the characteristics associated with effective counsellors. The extent to which these may be viewed as significant aspects of counselling psychology mentorship needs to be investigated in future studies [see Anderson and Shore (2008) for a more general discussion of ethical issues in undergraduate mentorship].…”

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“…Early career publishing can even begin when an aspiring professor is an undergraduate student. With the establishment of the Council on Undergraduate Research in 1978, the whole of undergraduate education, and psychology in particular, experienced an increased emphasis on involving students in undergraduate research (Anderson & Shore, 2008). Mentoring undergraduate students in research is a more frequent practice in most disciplines (Boyd & Wesemann, 2009).…”

“…Mentoring undergraduate students in research is a more frequent practice in most disciplines (Boyd & Wesemann, 2009). Although we believe that undergraduate psychology students are increasingly publishing articles as primary authors, the literature addressing ethical considerations in assessing publication credit focuses primarily on conflicts related to doctoral students; consequently, relatively few resources are available to guide the process of equitably addressing authorship at the undergraduate level (Anderson & Shore, 2008). Although authoring a manuscript is often important for a career, guidelines for determining authorship are even more important.…”