>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Steve Kurtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Fwd: Ethics Survey for Scientists & Engineers] >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:51:44 -0700 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Topica-Loop: 700000438 >Status: > > >SORRY FOR DUPES > >>From: AAAS Member Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>INTERNATIONAL ETHICS SURVEY >>Hosted on the World Wide Web by Science's Next Wave >>(http://www.nextwave.org) >> >>Dear Colleague, >> >>You are invited to participate in an international Web-based survey >>of scientists and engineers being conducted by the American >>Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and >>UNESCO's World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific >>Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). The survey seeks to >>identify the ethical issues that advances in science and technology >>are likely to raise in the 21st century. Whatever your discipline or >>stage of your career, your participation will help COMEST and >>AAAS develop programs and activities that address these issues. >> >>The core of the survey consists of the following four questions: >> >>� Briefly describe the ethical issues you believe your discipline >>faces because of emerging areas of research or technology. >>� What advances in communication and information technologies >>do you believe will pose the greatest ethical challenges for >>scientists, engineers and society at large? >>� If ethics were to be taught as part of the formal curriculum in >>your discipline, which issues would it be essential to cover? >>� In your opinion, what specific actions could be taken to improve >>the ethics education and training of scientists and engineers? >> >>Survey results will be reported later this year on the Next Wave >>Web site. >> >>To complete the survey, please visit: >> >>http://www.nextwave.org >> >>Thank you in advance for participating. >> >>Mark S. Frankel >>Director, AAAS Scientific Freedom, >>Responsibility and Law Program > > > >___________________________________________________________ >T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 >Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics >
