A site that grew out of discussion at a conference on public values
and system design. Its goal is to bring together as many people as
possible from different technological design fields and have a common
platform for interaction. Anyone is invited to contribute to the interactive
pages. Therefore, an online community of academics and practitioners
who are interested in incorporating human values into the technical
design of systems
http://www.designforvalues.org
This is collection of papers intended to create awareness in the field
of nanotech. The paper describes the basics of this technology and its
applications.
http://nanotech-now.com/white-papers-abstracts.htm
The online center for ethics offers links to interesting cases worth
reading and reflecting on. In addition to articles, discussion, regulations
and guidelines are outlined on the responsible conduct of research,
issues on integrity and treatment of research subjects whenever designing
and developing systems.
http://onlineethics.org
Agriculture and Biotechnologies
The report in this site was as a result of a committee formed the National
Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC) to look into measures that
could/should be undertaken to ensure that ethical issues receive an
appropriate level of consideration in development of food and agricultural
biotech’s.
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc/pubs/ethicsrept/ethics_intro.html
This is a Food and Agriculture Organization site. The report in
this site was presented by a panel of eminent experts who advice
FAO on key ethical issues on food and agriculture. The experts also
help raise his level of public awareness on ethical considerations.
http://www.fao.org/news/2001/010405-e.htm
The article discusses the ethical issues of genetic modification,
which encompasses personal, medical,animal, scientific, environmental,
political and business ethics.
http://www.gmcommision.govt.nz/publications/ethics_Barbara_Nicholas.pdf
This is a paper by Steven Best and Douglas Kellner; they outline
the social changes that have been brought about by science, technology
and the restructuring of life. Therefore, they state that, the distinction
between “natural” and “artificial” has become
greatly complexified. The new technologies brought about by biotechnology
question the existing definition of life and death and demand a rethinking
of fundamental notions of ethics and moral values posing unique challenges
for democracy.
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/papers/biotechdem.htm
Medical Technologies
The GST gateway site discusses gender dimension of ethical issues
in Science and Technology.
http://gstgateway.wigsat.org/TA/ethics.html
This is a site that combines medical practices and ethics. It offers
definitions of ethics and informatics in addition to a wide source
of references with links to further readings. i.e.
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh_old/minf_528/definitions.htm
http://eduserv.hscer.washingtom.edu/bioethics/topics/law.htm
http://www.ewjm.com/cgi/content/full/173/3/198
http://www.atmeda.org
This is a PDF file that raises concerns on the ethical issues
arising from the use of assisted reproductive technologies.
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/infertility/31.pdf
Energy and Power Technologies
This site discusses issues on energy for tomorrow’s world. The
problems that the global community is facing in reference to energy
resources and sustenance are discussed. The site offers free publications
and reports. In addition, it advocates to making ethics a strong component
of energy system governance.
http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/etwan/policy_actions/chap_5_action10.asp
A United Nations site that discusses ethics and the use of fresh
water resource, ethics and energy resource.
http://www.unesco.org/opi2/ethics/first_report.htm
This is the world nuclear association site that, seeks to promote
the peaceful worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy
resource. Articles, projects and WNA reports can be viewed on this
site.
http://www.world-nuclear.org
Information and Communication
Technologies
This is the center for computing and social responsibility website.
It addresses the social and ethical impacts of information and communication
technologies through research, consultancy and education.> http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk
The topia site is a search engine that has a list of conferences
discussing computers ethics. Some of the conferences are saved as
audio files. In addition, links to papers presented in conferences
are provided.
http://www.topiasearch.com/computers/ethics/conferences/
The infonition site upholds and advances the integrity and dignity
of the IT consultant. One can sign up for a free IT newsletter on
ethics.
http://www.infonition.com/ethics.shtml
Transportation Technologies
This is an article that, answers the question; Are there moral or Ethical
issues when considering the fuel efficiency of a new car?
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20030830/localnews/161564.html
The sites below, outline the history of the automobile and transportation
to the present.
http://mnmn.essortment.com/transportationh_rgly.htm
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cars/carhist.htm
http://www.inventors.about.com/library/weekely/aacarsteama.htm
