| Literature DB >> 12774650 |
Colin L Soskolne1, Lee E Sieswerda.
Abstract
The need to integrate ethics into professional life, from the grassroots up, has been recognized, and a comprehensive ethics program has been proposed as a model. The model includes the four dimensions of: consensus building, ethics guidelines development and review, education, and implementation. The activities of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) are presented as examples and compared with the proposed model. Several innovative activities are described and incentives for ethical professional conduct are highlighted. The examples are provided for emulation by other professional organizations in the hope that, thereby, greater protection of the public interest will be achieved.Keywords: Bioethics and Professional Ethics; Biomedical and Behavioral Research
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12774650 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0005-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci Eng Ethics ISSN: 1353-3452 Impact factor: 3.525