Topic: Scientific Responsibility and Ethics

Advances in Technology and the Prevention of their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Agents (2005) - The risks posed by bioterrorism and the proliferation of biological weapons capabilities have increased concern about how the rapid advances in...

Committee on Human Rights - The Committee on Human Rights of the NAS, NAE, and IOM, created in 1976, is composed of 12 members of the three institutions and has the support of...

Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity (1997) - This book assesses the scientific value and merit of research on human genetic differences- including a collection of DNA samples that represents the...

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations: Reports of a Joint Task Force of the National Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science on the Rights and Responsibilities of Multinational Corporations in an Age of Technological Interdependence (1998) - For this project, the US National Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science each formed a working group to comprise the...

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals -- French Version (1996) - The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals incorporates recent research on commonly used species, including farm animals, and includes...

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals -- Russian Version (1996) - The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals incorporates recent research on commonly used species, including farm animals, and includes...

International Perspectives: The Future of Nonhuman Primate Resources, Proceedings of the Workshop Held April 17-19, 2002 (2003) - The future of nonhuman primate (NHP) resources is a concern of scientists, veterinarians, and funding authorities. An April 2002 workshop brought...

The Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics: Proceedings of an American-Iranian Workshop (2003) - In April 2002, the U.S. National Academies hosted an interacademy workshop involving participants from the United States and Iran in Bellagio, Italy,...

U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Addressing Global Issues (2000) - In 2000, the leadership of the National Academies accepted an invitation from the leadership of the Iranian Academy of Sciences and the Iranian...