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Laboratory Excellence
and Ethics
An Essential
Association*
DOUGLAS LUCAS
ere is no person more qualied to discuss the critical importance of ethics
in building an excellent laboratory organization than Douglas Lucas. He has
had a distinguished career as a forensic scientist, laboratory director, and
leader of professional associations, and has been a member of several teams
investigating laboratory management problems. e recent ethical lapses of
some criminalists have done staggering damage to the justice system and to
laboratories’ reputations. In this chapter, Lucas has reviewed many of these
incidents, why he believes the problems occu ...