- Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)
Independent U.K. organisation encouraging the responsible use of science and technology.
www.sgr.org.uk
- ELSI: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Science
Pilot project designed to stimulate discussions on the implications of selected areas of scientific research.
www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
- Science and Engineering Ethics
Multi-disciplinary quarterly journal, launched in 1995, exploring ethical issues confronting scientists and engineers.
www.opragen.co.uk
- Integrity in Science
Working to raise awareness about the role that corporate funding and other corporate interests play in scientific research, oversight, and publication. Includes a database detailing many scientists' ties to industry.
www.cspinet.org/integrity
- UNESCO Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)
Working to formulate ethical principles that could provide decision-makers, in sensitive areas, with selection criteria other than purely economic.
portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1373&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201...
- Secrecy in Science: Exploring University, Industry, and Government Relationships
Transcripts from the 1999 public colloquium exploring current and historical issues of secrecy facing university scientists in their work with industry and government.
www.aaas.org/spp/secrecy/AAASMIT.htm
- AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program (SFRL)
Focuses on the ethical, legal, and social issues associated with the conduct of research and with advances in science and technology.
www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl
- Ethics in Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Features selected essays on ethics in science addressing ethics and the scientific method, scientific misconduct, and bad science. Also offers two bibliographies.
www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics
- IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
Addresses such issues as health and safety implications of technology; engineering ethics and professional responsibility; and social issues related to energy, information technology, and telecommunications.
radburn.rutgers.edu/andrews/projects/ssit/default.htm
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