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Final reports from the international conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science in society, including ethics, science and technology in economic development, and environmental and economic issues.
http://helix.nature.com/wcs/index.html
Personal web pages of Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects of science.
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I am a physicist working for CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research, France and I am staying mainly in Paris. My professional domain is elementary particle physics, both theoretical and experimental with particular emphasis on cross-disciplinary research close to astrophysics...Addressing such issues as environmental, health and safety implications of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.
http://policy.rutgers.edu/andrews/projects/ssit
Resources for middle and high school students on ethical issues in the sciences.
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LBNL ELSI Home Page Science program is a pilot project designed to stimulate discussions on the implications of selected areas of scientific research. These modules probably will be most useful to educators and students at the middle school through high school level. However, we...Provides engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethical problems.
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The Online Ethics Center for Engineering Science Our mission is to provide engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work, and to serve those who are promoting learning and advancing the understanding of responsible...A research project at the Meaning and Computation Lab, University of California, San Diego. Explores the hypothesis that information artifacts embody definite but implicit value systems.
http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/goguen/projs/soc.html
Promotes the socially responsible application of science and technology through educational programs for young people, primarily at the college and high school levels.
http://www.spusa.org/pugwash
UNESCO: Division of Human Sciences, Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology.
http://www.unesco.org/ethics
Starting points for students and teachers. Includes discussion topics and other curriculum links.
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~nchadd/home.htm
Links to STS-related information sources from North Carolina State University.
http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/chass/mds/stslinks.html
Offers class resources, syllabus and information; compiled by Will Buschert.
http://duke.usask.ca/~wjb289/PHL236
Guidance of society members in various professional dealings, especially those involving conflicts of interest.
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/...ml&DOC=membership%5Cconduct.html
Dicusses new technologies that are raising ethical, legal and social dilemmas as cutting-edge science intersects with the law.
http://www.pbs.org/bloodlines
An essay on the scientific method (or lack thereof) and the consequences of misconduct in science by Henry Bauer.
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/hbauer/hbauer-toc.html
Contains links to on-line resources, a bibliography, and several original essays on ethics and misconduct in science.
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/
Discussions on what being human is in our world of scientific and technological advancement.
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/human.php
Examining the notion of moral status in general and in particular the moral status of nonhuman animals.
http://www.phil.vt.edu/Miller/papers/science.html
Advocating the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering.
http://www.abolitionist-society.com/
Explores various ways that the human race has attempted to achieve perfection through philosophies and technologies of the past century.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27648/