Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 5
Saturday–Tuesday, April 17–20, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session D06: Ethics in Physics and Science: Remembering John AhearneInvited Live Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FPS Chair: Beverly Hartline, Montana Technological University |
Saturday, April 17, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
D06.00001: Ethics in Policy Advice: Risk Assessment, Nuclear Energy, and Nuclear Weapons Invited Speaker: Micah Lowenthal Ethics in policy advice is about integrity and responsibility. Science-based policy advice regarding risk assessment, nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons is complex and implicit assumptions can skew seemingly objective analyses. Drawing on experience within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and other science advisory activities, general principles of policy advice are articulated and those principles are applied to these three areas with some examples of ethical issues arising for physicists and other scientists addressing these topics. Beyond implicit narratives underlying analyses, explicit ethical questions about advising on nuclear weapons are also examined. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 17, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
D06.00002: The Survival Imperative: Critical Components of the Ethical Education of Scientists and Engineers Invited Speaker: Stephanie Bird Research integrity and the responsible conduct of research are integral to the adequate education of students in science and engineering. But, although necessary, they are not sufficient. Humans are especially clever and powerful as a species. At the same time, humans are largely ignorant of what they do not know, and disappointingly arrogant. Because science and engineering are an embodiment and instrument of human cleverness and power, it is critical that science and engineering students understand the societal impacts of these disciplines and be able to consider explicitly their own social responsibilities as professionals. Thus, social responsibility is also a key element of the education of scientists and engineers. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 17, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
D06.00003: Creation, Charge, and Early Accomplishments of the APS Ethics Committee Invited Speaker: Michael Marder The American Physical Society Panel on Public Affairs spent 2017 and 2018 consolidating and refining ethics statements to produce a unified set of Guidelines on Ethics. These Guidelines rest on two pillars, which are telling the truth and treating other people well. Thus alongside fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism, harassment of colleagues and subordinates is recognized as an ethical violation. In order to ensure that these Guidelines are implemented and continue to evolve, a standing ethics committee was established in 2019. In its first two years, the primary accomplishments of the committee have been to conduct a survey on ethics among early career physicists and physics department chairs, and to implement policies for the removal of honors and official leadership positions from individuals found to have violated the ethical principles of the APS. [Preview Abstract] |
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