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Science, Ethics, & Society updated 11/16/07 ees |
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Fall 2007 Course ASSIGNMENTS |
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND ASSIGNMENTS
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DATE
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CLASS
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INTRODUCTION |
Course
overview In
class case studies Moral
Inventory (Hinman) Questions
and Resources: |
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ETHICAL REASONING |
Ethical Reasoning. Complete
Academic Misconduct questionnaire and bring to class Read
Fundamentals of Ethics Ch 1-4 ˇ
Prepare case studies 1.0, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.0 RCR Scientific Integrity Print,
read, and come prepared to discuss Conduct and Misconduct in
Science http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/conduct_art.html NMSU guidelines for Ethics is Research http://research.nmsu.edu/ethics.html NMSU policies for academic misconduct by students: http://www.nmsu.edu/~vpsa/SCOC/index.html Read Scientific
Integrity Ch 1 (Methods, Manners and Mandates) & 2 (Ethics
and the Scientist) ˇ
Prepare a brief outline of the different ethical schools of
thought that have influenced western science ˇ
According to Macrina, why is there a need
for research ethics training? ˇ
Complete case studies 1.2,
1.4 Questions
and Resources:
ORI Responsible
Conduct of Research(RCR) “ORI supports several programs designed to promote
education and training in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) that
covers the following nine instructional areas: * Data
Acquisition, Management, Sharing and Ownership * Conflict of
Interest and Commitment * Human
Subjects * Animal Welfare * Research
Misconduct * Publication
Practices and Responsible Authorship * * Peer Review *
Collaborative Science” |
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SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY |
Science as a Human
Endeavor.
Access the website On
Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research maintained by the
National Academy of Sciences and read The
Social Foundations of Science
Consequences for Misconduct. Access the Office of Research Integrity web
site.
Historical Perspectives
on Misconduct.
The following online articles provide overviews of important cases of
scientific misconduct in biology and physics. 1. Read and come prepared to discuss. Codes of Ethics: Comparisons of student
disciplines.
RCR Read Chapters 3 (Mentoring), 11 (Scientific Record Keeping) in Scientific Integrity and make a note of the
information that is new to you.
3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.10 11.2, 11.5, 11.9, 11.10 http://onlineethics.org/cms/16141.aspx http://onlineethics.org/cms/16208.aspx http://onlineethics.org/cms/16207.aspx Paper Assignment. Visit the Elie
Wiesel Essay winners page and identify the 2 essays
that you most admire. http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/EthicsPrize/pastyearswinners.html
Questions
and Resources: Codes of Ethics Online http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe.html
Online Ethics Center http://temp.onlineethics.org/codes/index.html
The Value of Knowledge: A Miniature Library of
Philosophy http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/index.htm Engineering
Ethics Online Ethics, National http://onlineethics.org/CMS/research.aspx
Questions ˇ
What are the responsibilities of
a mentor? Of a student? ˇ
Are codes of conduct effective
at preventive misconduct? Why or why not? ˇ
Browse this site for questions to think about http://onlineethics.org/cms/16143.aspx |
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RCR. Read the following chapters in
Macrina and prepare 10 minute streamlined summaries
with the key points of the chapter 1.
Ch. 4 Authorship and peer
review Gp 1 2.
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Ch. 8 Collaborative research Gp 3 4.
Ch. 9 Ownership of data and
intellectual property Gp 4
1.
4.5, 4.9 2.
7.7, 7.12 3.
8.5, 8.9 4.
9.8, 9.11 RCR. Access and read the NMSU
policy on intellectual property http://research.nmsu.edu/docs/IP/intelPropPP.html
Science on the Internet: 1.
Ownership, publishing, veracity of information on the net. Who “owns” the information on
a website? How do we validate the veracity of what is posted on the internet? 2.
Database development and global sharing of knowledge. Browse TWO of these Public database websites and answer. What is available on
the site? Who establishes, posts, and pays for these sites? Who
contributes data? Are there student internship or research opportunities
posted on the site? ˇ
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/ ˇ
Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/datasets.html ˇ
NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ˇ
GENOMES http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=Genome ˇ
Human genome http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/human/
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Jornada LTER NMSU http://jornada-www.nmsu.edu/ ˇ
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/ ˇ
Clinical Trials http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ ˇ
USDA plants http://plants.usda.gov/ ˇ
Endangered species http://www.cites.org/
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NM Spaceport http://spaceportamerica.com/news.html
Paper Assignment. Begin to develop ideas for your
paper. Visit these websites for
inspiration ˇ
AAAS Science and Policy http://www.aaas.org/spp/
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Pugwash http://www.pugwash.org/ ˇ
Institute of Medicine http://www.iom.edu/
Questions
and Resources: Copyright http://www.piercelaw.edu/tfield/copynet.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~skvarka/education/copyright/
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm
Intellectual Property and University
Industry Partnerships http://www.ipfrontline.com/depts/article.asp?id=7061&deptid=3 |
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PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Paper topics due |
You will have 20 minutes in class to organize 30 min team presentations: Group 1:
Government funding and public policy development ˇ
Go to the ˇ
Use information in Tables 3.2 and 4.1 for the years 1966, 1986 and 2006
to answer the following in TABLE form: o
which top 5 functions
received the highest budget allocation? o
which
5 subfunctions? o
how much were they? ˇ
Use information in Table 9 the years 1966, 1986 and 2006
to answer the following in TABLE form: o
how
much of the fiscal year budget for 1966, 1986 and 2006
was allocated for defense research? o
for health and human
services? o
to the national science
foundation? o
to general science space
and technology? o
To natural resources ˇ
What was the biggest source of revenue for government
spending in 1966, 1986 and 2006?
who pays for federally funded research in
universities? ˇ
Go to the Citizens guide to the US Budget website. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/citizensguide.html
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when was the last guide issued? Bring the table of contents to
class for the most recent guide and for 2000. o
how is budget allocation determined? ˇ
Check out the Mystery site:
http://thomas.loc.gov/ what can
you find here related to budget for federal funding of research? Group
2. Policy, organizations, and an industry case study ˇ
Scientific organizations and public policy.
Selling the line: Access
these web sites. What is their purpose? http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=government\index.html
http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=GuideToPublicAdvocacy_main§ion=publications
http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=GuideToPublicAdvocacy_priorities
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NMSU and public policy What
are NMSU legislative priorities? http://www.nmsu.edu/~legislat/ How
much revenue did NMSU garner in 2006 and where did it come from? What were the top 3 sources of income? ˇ
Privatization: Pharmaceutical Industry Browse http://www.pharmacy.org/company.html to view a list of pharmaceutical
companies. How many are listed? What was the total revenue of the pharmaceutical
industry in 2005? 2004? 2003? Choose two companies and go to their
websites where revenue is posted. How much was the company's revenue in
2006? in 2000? Quicken and Motley Fool offer tools
to lock at stocks but you may need to register. Resource links o
http://www.pharmexec.com/pharmexec/
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http://www.pwc.com/extweb/industry.nsf/docid/4817112722B1CE7085256D7C005BE35B Group 3: Lucrative drugs. Your
team should prepare a presentation that provides information about the
following drugs or medications:
Drugs: Prozac, Zoloft Viagra Lipitor Depo-provera Ritalin Anabolic steroids. summarize key points from this NIDA
website http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Steroids/anabolicsteroids2.html Resource
links Medline
Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html has helpful info. |
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Read
the following chapters in Fundamentals
of Ethics and prepare 10 minute streamlined summaries with the key points
of the chapter 1.
2.
3.
RCR. Read the following
chapters in Scientific Integrity and prepare 10 minute summaries with the
key points of the chapter 1.
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What is the Declaration of Helsinki? 2.
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Who is Peter Singer and what is his contribution to the
ethics of animals in research?
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5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 5.10 |
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3-Oct GENETICS |
Moral Sensitivity Read the following in Fundamentals of Ethics 1.
Ch 15. Dealing with
Different Ethical Systems 2.
Ch 16 Habit and Intuition Bring your written responses to the following
case studies to class for small group discussion. 1.
Ch 15 p242 ( 2.
Ch 16. What are the pros and cons of a rationalist approach
to ethical decision making? 3.
What are the USDA pain categories for research on animals? Genetic Engineering Read Ch 10 in Scientific
Integrity Genetic Technology Prepare discussion
question 1 and case studies 10.1,
10.3, 10.5, 10.10 Human Genome Project Print, read and bring to class: ˇ
http://www.genome.gov/Pages/About/vision.pdf
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http://www.genome.gov/10002328 Use readings to prepare answers to the following: ˇ
What is the Human Genome Project? ˇ
What is ELSI and how does this relate to the
HGP? ˇ
What is genetic discrimination and what are
the legislative issues associated with this topic? Resource
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SCIENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND POLICY |
Eugenics:
historical perspectives Origins of
Racial Hygiene (Proctor) 2 Destruction of Lives not Worth Living (Proctor) 2 Race
and IQ Hereditarian Theory of
IQ (Gould) 2 Three
Centuries' Perspective on Race and IQ 2 Resources
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION |
Groups
should 25-30 minute presentations using these sources: Overview:
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Information Warfare ˇ
What are WMD? http://disarmament2.un.org/wmd/
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Visit the country profiles for WMD website and summarize the
profiles of 5 countries of your choice: http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/index.html ˇ
What are the key conventions governing WMDs?
when were they signed and by whom? Summarize their
guidelines and the disarmament issues.http://disarmament2.un.org/issue.htm
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Biological Agents and
their Effects
book chapters from Couch, The US Armed Forces NBC Survival Manual ˇ
What is Gulf War Syndrome, who/how many have it and how is it
treated? ˇ
What is Information Warfare? Biological
Warfare. ˇ
History of Biological warfare http://www.aarc.org/resources/biological/history.asp
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What is Unit 731? ˇ
What is Fort/Camp Detrick and what
was Operation Whitecoat? ˇ
Article: Military Review “Ethnic weapons” ˇ
Gene Wars http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article499050.ece
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Microbial Threats to Health: Pandemic Flu: Overview: http://www.ghsi.org/projects/pandemic_flu.html
Executive summary (sign in for free download) http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11371 |
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION |
Chemical
Warfare ˇ
Visit the chemical weapons tutorial on this website and
present the history of chemical weapons and other items of your choice http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/cwtutorial/chapter02_01.html ˇ
Visit the US Chemical Weapons Convention site ˇ
http://www.cwc.gov/index.html
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what is the purpose of this website? ˇ
visit links in the window on the bottom right and provide a
summary of the ˇ
Quick guide ˇ
Summarize the chemicals in the different schedules ˇ
Chemical Agents and their
Effects
from Couch, The Terrorism. ˇ
Securing the Bomb 2007: Nuclear Terrorism ˇ
Visit the website http://www.nti.org/e_research/cnwm/overview/cnwm_home.asp and present the executive summary http://www.nti.org/e_research/exsummary_stb07.pdf ˇ
Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism: Executive
summary (pdf on left hand side of window) ˇ
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10827&page=1 ˇ A family action plan from Couch, The US Armed Forces NBC Survival Manual: In the Wake of Terror chapter Film: the Atomic Café |
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EQUITY IN SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE |
Questions How is science knowledge
disseminated? Who gets to "do" science? Who benefits? What
are global needs and perspectives? Who decides what science gets done on an
international scale? Are there
research areas where there is global disagreement regarding the direction and
uses of scientific knowledge? Who gets to
do science? Visit
THREE of the
following websites and prepare 1-2 paragraphs in review of their activities. 1. What is the purpose of AWIS? http://www.awis.org/
2. What is the purpose of the JustGarciaHill website?
http://justgarciahill.org/jghdocs/webabout.asp
3. What is the purpose of http://www.nsbp.org/?
4. What is the purpose of Science Careers?
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/
5. Science, politics, and international
perspectives
International
Perspectives 1. What is UNESCO? http://portal.unesco.org/
2. What is regenerative medicine and what are
some of the concerns with regard to the developing world? Mystery query:
What are the ethical
concerns related to biofuel development? |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS |
Visit the
websites and prepare 1 paragraph answer to the question for each website What are
the ethical issues involved with genetically modified organisms? 1. GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AND ORGANISMS http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml 2. GMO SAFETY 3. GENETIC ENGINEERING AND ITS DANGERS (ESSAYS ON
GMO’S AND ETC.) http://online.sfsu.edu/%7Erone/GEessays/gedanger.htm#ESSAYS%20ON%20GENETICALLY%20ENGINEERED%20FOOD 4. JOURNAL OF Agriculture and Environmental
Ethics Vol. 20 # Can download papers through link (with NMSU
server) http://www.springerlink.com/content/g42830j32r24/?p=4dcb9ee894d147af84b19a6424d6ad95&pi=0 Ethical analysis of use of GM fish What are
the different international government views (and stances) / public opinion
on GM crops, foods, and products? What
influences these decisions? 1. GMO COMPASS (SITE BY EUROPEAN http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/home/ 2. GMO AFRICA 3. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHICS http://www.cep.unt.edu/ISEE.html 4. EU ALLOWS IMPORTS OF 4 GM CROP PRODUCTS
(NEWS ARTICLE http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2451314120071024 5. JOURNAL OF Agriculture and Environmental
Ethics Vol. 20 # Can download papers through link (with NMSU
server) http://www.springerlink.com/content/g42830j32r24/?p=4dcb9ee894d147af84b19a6424d6ad95&pi=0 Transatlantic rift in
genetically modified food policy What is BioPharming? What
are some issues involved with BioPharming? http://www.panna.org/resources/gpc/gpc_200212.12.3.10.dv.html |
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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HUMAN BIOLOGY |
Global Science 1. What is the Third World Network? http://www.twnside.org.sg/
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Health http://www.twnside.org.sg/heal.htm o
Biodiversity http://www.twnside.org.sg/access.htm o
Environment http://www.twnside.org.sg/env.htm o
Avia Flu http://www.twnside.org.sg/avian.flu_main.htm 2.
What is TWAS? http://www.twas.org/
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What is Pan
Disease What
is the CDC?
http://www.cdc.gov/index.htm
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Thanksgiving
Break |
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PAPERS DUE
FINAL FORM Resources. These sites are for your personal reference
collection Nanoscience
End of Life Care
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Paper
presentations (10-15 minutes each) Open
Discussion |