scholarly journals Future Public Policy and Ethical Issues Facing the Agricultural and Microbial Genomics Sectors of the Biotechnology Industry

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane E. Hoffmann ◽  
Lawrence Sung
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Biotechnology Industry ◽  
Microbial Genomics

The Pluralist Constellation

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Parens
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Research Institute

I work at a research institute where the staff spends its time thinking about ethical issues that arise with progress in medicine, the life sciences, and technology. After such thinking, we make public policy recommendations. We pride ourselves in the diversity of our staff: there is a doctor, a lawyer, a linguistic anthropologist, a political scientist, a theologian, some philosophers, and so on. Both men and women do research and we are religiously diverse: Catholics, Jews, Protestants, and atheists

scholarly journals Evidence-based policies, nudge theory and Nancy Cartwright: a search for causal principles

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO HORTAL
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Nancy Cartwright ◽  
Instrumental View

Abstract Nancy Cartwright argues that evidence-based policies should not only rely on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test their effectiveness – they should also use horizontal and vertical searches to find support factors and causal principles that help define how those policies work. This paper aims at analyzing Cartwright's epistemology regarding evidence-based policies and their use of RCTs while applying her findings to current research involving nudges as behavioral public policy interventions. Holding a narrowly instrumental view of rationality, nudge theory tends to neglect other expressive components. Policymakers, in their quest for causal principles, should consider the expressive rationality of individuals in their research. This inclusion would not only increase the effectiveness of nudges, but also address some ethical issues related to people's autonomy when targeted by these interventions.

Ethics and Security under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

2011 ◽  
pp. 254-259
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Tribunella ◽  
Heidi R. Tribunella
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Arthur Andersen

The role of government, the impact of legislation, and the interaction of public policy with capital markets in the United States will be addressed in this article. In addition, we will review the ethical issues that were encountered by large accounting firms such as Arthur Andersen in their efforts to audit the financial information of clients such as Enron and Global Crossing.

Forensic Genetics, Ethics, Privacy, and Public Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 329-362
Author(s):  
Thomas J. White ◽  
Steven B. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Genetic Information ◽  
Incidental Findings ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Forensic Genetics ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Clinical Databases ◽  
And Storage

Chapter 15 covers various ethical issues associated with the use of DNA methods for forensic analyses and human rights investigations. Topics include informed consent and storage issues for samples and profiles; data security and privacy; identification of individuals using aggregate data from forensic, genealogical, research, or clinical databases; the burden of the obligation to report incidental findings that are medically actionable; cultural perspectives on genetic information; government misuse of potentially sensitive DNA data; public policy regarding the validity of pattern/experience evidence; and other non-DNA forensic science disciplines.

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