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There are a number of
excellent Resarch Ethics resources available on the web. Here are just
a few:
Office
of Research Integrity, United States Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) promotes
integrity in biomedical and behavioral research supported by the Public
Health Service (PHS) at about 4,000 institutions worldwide. ORI monitors
institutional investigations of research misconduct and facilitates the
responsible conduct of research through educational, preventive, and regulatory
activities.
Academic Integrity in the Classroom: A Selected
List of Resources for the University of Michigan
Even though the title suggests the resources
found at this site are specifically for those at the University of Michigan,
there are numerous resources that are applicable to students and instructors
at any institution.
Case
Western Reserve University’s Online Ethics Center for Engineering
and Science
Offers case studies, various informational links, and focuses on research
integrity, human subjects, and animal welfare.
ELSI
Project: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Science
The ELSI Project was developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL) as a way to explore ethical issues that surround research occurring
at LBNL and other national labs.
Ethics
and Science: Washington University, St. Louis
Ethics information covering all areas and disciplines are provided.
Ethics
in Science
Site is divided into two main sections, Science Ethics Resources and Selected
Essays on Ethics in Science, each with multiple links. Good for general
ethics in science resources, as well as more chemistry-specific articles.
Ethics
on the World Wide Web
The School of Communications at California
State University, Fullerton developed this ethics site that contains information
on associations, codes, and topic areas such as science, business and
medicine.
The Eubios Ethics Institutes Information Sources for Bioethics
The Eubios Ethics Institute is a nonprofit organization based in New Zealand
and Japan. The web site given first is a large list of ethics-related
links, such as ethics centers, on-line journals, and other information
sources. The web site in parentheses is the home page for the Institute
and may be more useful, offering on-line publications by the Institute,
teaching materials, and links to various English and Japanese bioethics
web sites.
Integrity
in Science A CSPI Project
Virginia Ashby Sharpe, Ph.D., a bioethicist
who has focused her career on ethical issues in health care and the environment,
directs this project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Internet
Resources Research Ethics
A mega "catalog' of Internet resources
covering various academic subject areas. An extensive section on research
ethics has been compiled at this site.
The
Kenan Institute for Ethics
The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University was started in 1995
with a 5 year grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund for Ethics. The
Links section of this site has numerous resources covering areas such
as ethics associations & centers, journals & Web sites, business
& professional ethics and research ethics.
Markkula
Center for Applied Ethics
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was founded in 1986 and has grown
into one of the most active university applied ethics centers in the country.
It is based at Santa Clara University.
North
Carolina State University Research Ethics Modules
North Carolina State faculty experts were
instrumental in the development of the 10 ethics modules presented at
this site. Each module covers a specific topic in the area of research
ethics, such as authorship, animal & human subjects, research misconduct
and intellectual property.
The
Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science
The Online Ethics Center is a great ethics
resource for the sciences. It was established in the fall of 1995 under
a grant from NSF, and its mission is to "provide engineers and scientists
and science and engineering students with resources useful for understanding
and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work
life". Links to cases, essays, codes of ethics and reference materials
are merely a few of the resources found at this site.
On
Line Science Ethics Resources
Maintained by Brian Tissue, this site is divided into two major headings, On-line
Resources and Ethical Codes of Conduct, each of which with several subheadings.
These subheadings are Web Sites to Search, Centers and Programs, Individuals,
Miscellaneous, Institutional Policies, Professional Societies, and Publishing
Guidelines. Of particular utility are some of the sites under the Individuals
and Miscellaneous headings, which feature scientists’ views on scientific
ethics and some interactive on-line case studies, respectively.
Open Directory - Science in Society Research
Ethics
The Open Directory Project claims to be the "largest, most comprehensive
human-edited directory of the Web". Resources included in their Research
Ethics section include general research ethics materials, bioethics resources
and guidelines to codes & publications. Related links for information
on subjects like issues in science and technology can be found in their
"see also" section.
Philosophical
Foundations of Scientific Ethics
David Resnik, Department of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming presented
this paper at the Ethical Issues in Physics Workshop. Resnik discusses
the concepts of scientific ethics and suggests that internal concerns
and the norms of society guide scientific ethics.
Research Ethics Resources on the World Wide
Web
Ethics information covering all areas and disciplines are provided.
Science
and Ethics: Links to Research Ethics Issues and Resources
Features several good links to sites that feature a specific well-known
case study, such as the Baltimore Case and the DeLuca Case. This site
is maintained by Clark Wolf, Department of Philosophy, University of Georgia.
University
of California San Diego Research Ethics Program
University of Pennsylvania’s The Center for Bioethics "Virtual
Library" http://www.med.upenn.edu/~bioethic/library/resources/bioethics.html
Essentially an on-line collection of bioethics related articles. A good
basic reference tool. |
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