Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2005 APS April Meeting
Saturday–Tuesday, April 16–19, 2005; Tampa, FL
Session K6: Scientific Integrity in Government |
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Sponsoring Units: FPS Chair: Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University Room: Marriott Tampa Waterside Grand Salon I/J |
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM |
K6.00001: Science Meets Politics -from Thomas Jefferson to George W. Bush Invited Speaker: A significant portion of the American scientific community has alleged that the administration, in its first term, manipulated the processes through which science enters into governance. Evidence in support of this claim will be summarized from a historical perspective. If they were to continue, these practices would impact scientists in government and society at large, and raise the question of how the scientific community should address the issue. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:51PM - 2:27PM |
K6.00002: Scientific Integrity in Government Invited Speaker: Science is not possible without very high standards of integrity no matter who does it or where it is done. I discuss the role of government in the processes of science, and aspects of that role that bear on ethics and integrity. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:27PM - 3:03PM |
K6.00003: Scientific Integrity in Washington: Politics Trumps Science? Invited Speaker: Numerous documented examples exist in which the current administration has either censored or distorted the recommendations and/or the results of government scientific advisory panels and agencies, or has interfered with the makeup of scientific advisory panels for apparently political purposes. These instances seem more broad ranging than any recent administration, republican or democrat, and have continued despite various public outcries. I will describe several examples from the physical sciences, and the biological sciences, and then discuss what we might do as a community to encourage the administration in its second term to work to ensure that politics does not trump science. [Preview Abstract] |
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