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Ethics and You: What Does it All Mean?

The Ethics and Biosecurity Toolkit for Scientists, 2016

Moral Development and Ethical Decision-Making

On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics: Principles, Practices, and Prospects, 2013

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How and When to Apply and Review Ethics in Practice

Still Not Convinced that You Need to Address Bio-Chemical Security in Your Work?

Dual Use Awareness as Part of Biological and Chemical Security

The Ethics Toolkit 1: Ethics as Other People's Rights

Yearbook of Biosecurity Education 2012

Educating Scientists about Biosecurity: Lessons from Medicine and Business

Education and Ethics in the Life Sciences: Strengthening the Prohibition of Biological Weapons, 2010

format_quoteThe presence of ethics codes doesn't ensure compliance; enhanced education on dual-use biosecurity risks is necessary.format_quote

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Towards the responsible conduct of scientific research: is ethics education enough?

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 2012

Much of the discourse on 'beyond the laboratory door' biosecurity to date has focused on the need... more Much of the discourse on 'beyond the laboratory door' biosecurity to date has focused on the need to raise awareness among the scientific community of the risks posed by the rapid advancement of biotechnology in recent decades. While education is undoubtedly important, a growing body of evidence suggests that ethics education does not necessarily translate into ethical behaviour. This trend has already been reported in clinical settings, where research has highlighted doctors' own reports of ethically dubious practices and challenges when confronted with moral dilemmas in their everyday work. The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the practical value of ethics education and show why it is an essential, although insufficient, measure for promoting a culture of responsible conduct of research. We conclude by highlighting the importance of continuing professional development as a way of maintaining life scientists' engagement with biosecurity issues and supporting them in active roles in the effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC).

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Promoting Dual-Use Education for Life Scientists: Resources and Activities

Applied Biosafety, 2010

has developed a project web site (www.dual-usebioethics.net) to promote an increased awareness of... more has developed a project web site (www.dual-usebioethics.net) to promote an increased awareness of dual-use issues among life scientists. The term " dual-use " refers to the misuse of benign scientific research for destructive or hostile purposes. The project team behind the web site also includes re-The web site is structured to incorporate information from the following four key stages of our ongoing strategy to promote dual-use education. The first stage investigated the current state of life science degree courses in the higher education sector to identify existing obstacles to the introduction of dual-use education. Regions already surveyed include Europe, Japan, Israel, and the Asia-Pacific region, with expansion to Latin America and Africa in the near future. The second stage was to develop an easily accessible education resource on dual-use biosecurity issues. We developed an Educational Resource Module (EMR) to meet this need that offers entry-level, but comprehensive , content covering the history and national implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), dual-use issues in contemporary life sciences, and issues around the responsible conduct of research. As no " one-size-fits-all " approach to the education of scientists is feasible, the EMR is freely available online and the content can be tailored to fit this module resource into local educational contexts. It is currently available in English, Japanese, and Russian and will shortly be available in Urdu, French, Romanian, and other languages. To facilitate the development of best practice so that biose-curity education can be assimilated and implemented in different academic contexts in different regions, we have tested the EMR at local universities in Italy, Japan, Portu-gal, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the UK, with positive results. The third stage was to launch an expert-level " Train-the-Trainer " program that supports educators in their own educational development and provides dual-use training for their students and other practicing scientists. This UK Masters-accredited course (20 UK M-level credits) is delivered as a 12-week online program, starting in September 2010. Critical components of the program are the 21 real-life dual-use scenarios drawn from a range of life science contexts. As part of the sustainability aspect of the module, students must demonstrate how they will incorporate the use of the entry-level EMR into their teaching and the continuing professional development of their students and colleagues. The fourth stage of our strategy evidenced the international implementation of education around dual-use biosecurity issues at the university level. The …

The Ethics and Biosecurity Toolkit for Scientists

Novossiolova & Sture 2012

International Biosecurity: Engagement between US and BMENA Scientists (2013)

Yearbook of Biosecurity Education 2012 (ed. Sture)

Chapter 2: Educating Scientists about Biosecurity: Lessons from Medicine and Business

When looking at the intersection of ethics and biosecurity, we are generally concerned about how ... more When looking at the intersection of ethics and biosecurity, we are generally concerned about how we may highlight ethical issues and solutions as a means of mitigating the risks of biotechnology being used for malign purposes. This chapter sets out to discover what we may learn for this endeavour from attempts to teach and develop ethical practice and awareness in the fields of medicine and business. These two areas have paid considerable attention to the teaching and development of ethics in practice while also addressing social, professional and national cultures, which is a key factor in the recognition and interpretation of ethical issues. Because these sectors are engaged on a daily basis with two of the most accountable areas of human experience — health and money — they are probably the focus of the highest degree of ethically related litigation and risk of incurred costs around the world. No doubt this is at least part of the reason behind their increased attention to ethics...

Chapter 7. Moral Development and Ethical Decision-Making. In: On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics: Principles, Practices, and Prospects, ANU E-Press: Canberra, pp. 97-120. Available at: http://epress.anu.edu.au

A variety of approaches aimed at mitigating the intermittent friction between science and society... more A variety of approaches aimed at mitigating the intermittent friction between science and society and the risks of malign use of modern scientific advances has been defined: ethics, 1 the responsible conduct of science, 2 self-governance by scientists, 3 and top-down initiatives from policymakers and other authorities. 4 These approaches have allowed for a number of perspectives on the challenges that biosecurity poses to society and biotechnology today, but none has considered the pre-existing values of stakeholders as they interact with these challenges. I would suggest that scrutinising the cultural pressures, forces and processes that influence the development of the values that individuals bring to their scientific work and policy views will shed further light on possibilities for engagement with dual use. The lack of attention to this so far is possibly due to the apparent lack of recognition of the role played by what may be called 'moral development' in ethical decis...

Dual Use Awareness and Applied Research Ethics: A Brief Introduction to a Social Responsibility Perspective for Scientists

Biosafety, biosecurity and internationally mandated regulatory regimes: compliance mechanisms for education and global health security

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 2013

This paper highlights the biosafety and biosecurity training obligations that three international... more This paper highlights the biosafety and biosecurity training obligations that three international regulatory regimes place upon states parties. The duty to report upon the existence of such provisions as evidence of compliance is discussed in relation to each regime. We argue that such mechanisms can be regarded as building blocks for the development and delivery of complementary biosafety and biosecurity teaching and training materials. We show that such building blocks represent foundations upon which life and associated scientists-through greater awareness of biosecurity concerns-can better fulfil their responsibilities to guard their work from misuse in the future.

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Dual Use

Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, 2014

Implementing Biosecurity Education: Approaches, Resources and Programmes

Science and Engineering Ethics, 2011

This paper aims to present possible approaches, resources and programmes to introduce the topic o... more This paper aims to present possible approaches, resources and programmes to introduce the topic of biosecurity to life scientists and engineers at the higher education level. Firstly, we summarise key findings from a number of international surveys on biosecurity education that have been carried out in the United States, Europe, Israel and the Asia-Pacific region. Secondly, we describe the development of our openly-accessible education resource, illustrating the scope and content of these materials. Thirdly, we report on actual cases of biosecurity education that have been implemented. These include achievements in and lessons derived from the implementation of biosecurity education at the National Defense Medical College in Japan. These experiences are followed by presentation of the expert-level "Train-the-Trainer" programmes subsequently launched by the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. These examples will help readers to understand how educators can enhance their own understanding about biosecurity issues and how they can then disseminate their knowledge through development of their own customised, relevantly-targeted and stage-tailored education programmes within their own life science communities. By providing these examples, we argue that education for life scientists, policymakers and other stakeholders about social responsibility on dual-use issues is easily achievable and need not be expensive, time-consuming or over-burdening. We suggest that recurring classes or courses be held at appropriate times during educational programmes to accommodate the developing expertise and advancing learning stages of students.

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