PMID: 16501644Feb 28, 2006Paper

Responsible conduct in research

Science and Engineering Ethics
P J D Drenth, All European Academies (ALLEA)

Abstract

Science is not taken for granted any longer. Society, politics and the media pose critical questions tending to censorship or at least control of science. How does science respond? It cannot exist and develop without freedom, but this does not mean freedom to amass knowledge and apply technological applications at any price and without restrictions. Science should be autonomous, but is not value-free. A distinction is made between external and internal social/ethical problems. The former refer to questions of the social/ethical context and consequences of scientific research, and the latter to the rules of 'good practice' and scientific integrity. The role of academies of science, and of associations of such academies (e.g. All European Academies (ALLEA)) in developing codes of good scientific practice and fostering a proper sense of scientific values and standards is further discussed.

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Apr 24, 2009·Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics : JERHRE·Elisa J Gordon, Sean Philpott
Feb 28, 2006·Science and Engineering Ethics·Raymond E Spier
Mar 24, 2010·Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences·Hsu-Feng KoPrashant N Kumta
Apr 2, 2019·Scientometrics·S P J M Horbach, W Halffman

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