SCIENTIFIC ETHICS FORUM
Spring Creek Project and Department of Philosophy
March 1, 2006
Rotunda of Valley Library
The following questions were raised by audience discussion.
1.
How can OSU effectively answer questions about scientific ethics, research
integrity, academic freedom and lapses in cases that transgress the values
of Oregon State University?
2.
What effects can we anticipate on the various missions of OSU from increased
corporate sponsorship of research?
3.
How can OSU concretely support academic freedom and response to violations
of it?
4.
Is there an important role for interdisciplinary, team-taught courses that include
literacy in both the humanities and the sciences?
5.
Should there be required courses that bridge the liberal arts and the professional
schools at OSU?
6.
What is OSU's conflict-of-interest policy? How is it enforced? What changes
need to be made before it is an effective guide to faculty decisions?
7.
What policies are in place to protect the academic freedom of graduate
students?
8.
How can we take into account the intersection of science and personal values
when dealing with policy issues around complex systems, especially when
scientific uncertainty is high?
9.
Can OSU-based scientists make a statement regarding the perception of some
that peer review is somehow broken if papers are published that contain errors of
omission or commission and that It is the process of science that works well in the
long-run?