Scientists and engineers face two types of ethics challenges, one focused on their conduct as professionals and the other focused on responsible participation in debates about public regulation of research or application of knowledge. Graduate students in science and engineering increasingly need to learn how international consensus on ethical concerns is forged; how persistent differences in national preferences are handled; and how national governments coordinate regulatory responses to transnational challenges. STS researchers are developing materials to better integrate globalization and international dimensions of science and engineering into educational practice.
Funding for the International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Project comes from the National Science Foundation through grant number 0734887. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Project Leaders
Jane Fountain, PI; MJ Peterson, co-PI; Marc Achermann, co-PI; Paula Stamps, co-PI; Beverly Woolf, co-PI; Neal Anderson, Senior Researcher
Submissions from 2009
Case Study: Bhopal Plant Disaster, MJ Peterson
Case Study: Recruitment of egg donors by South Korean Stem Cell Researchers, MJ Peterson, Osman Kiratli, and Ilke Ercan
Case Study: The EU-US Dispute over Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms, Plants, Feeds, and Foods, MJ Peterson
Module 1.3.b: Transnational Conduct, MJ Peterson
Module 2.1: Variation in International Regulatory Processes, MJ Peterson
Module 2.3b: Stakeholder Inclusion, MJ Peterson
Module 2.4: Social Inclusion & Equity, MJ Peterson
Submissions from 2008
Case Study: Reporting Incidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), MJ Peterson and Paul White
Module 1.1: Workplace Ethics in Transnational Contexts, MJ Peterson
Module 1.2: International Accountability, MJ Peterson
Module 1.3.a: Transnational Diffusion of Ideas and Practices, MJ Peterson
Module 2.3.a: Ethical Conflicts Between Nations, MJ Peterson