Tag: ethics
An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe...
Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University
America’s opioid crisis is getting worse. The role of prescription opioids has both the medical establishment and the government...
Why governmental transparency will not work without strong leadership
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University Newark
Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, has warned that President Donald Trump’s...
Misleading statements on Russia meeting recall Clinton’s impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
According to a biographer of Donald Trump, “He’s been lying his whole life, almost reflexively.”
Now, President Trump may be...
Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now’s the...
Jessica Berg, Case Western Reserve University
The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took...
Fixing a toxic culture like Uber’s requires more than just a...
Katina Sawyer, Villanova University and Christian Thoroughgood, Villanova University
In times of organizational crisis, some companies are able to right the ship, while others sink...
Defining dual-use research: When scientific advances can both help and hurt...
Nicholas G. Evans, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Aerin Commins, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Scientific research can change our lives for the better, but it...
Trump snubs ethical norms because we’ve forgotten why they matter
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Let’s be honest. Conflicts of interest are boring.
The president-elect knows this. In fact, he’s banking on it.
Instead of addressing...
Attackers can make it impossible to dial 911
Mordechai Guri, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Yisroel Mirsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Yuval Elovici, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
It’s not often...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
