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Science and Engineering Ethics is a multi-disciplinary journal launched in January 1995 which is dedicated to exploring ethical issues of direct concern to scientists and engineers covering professional education, research and practice as well as the effects of innovations and research findings on the wider society.
Controversies in science and instances of misconduct have received considerable media attention. In addition, the range of new capabilities and understandings that result from research in science and engineering, and the power of these developments, have become a source of concern within the societies in which most people live and work. Science and Engineering Ethics provides a forum for the examination and discussion of ethical issues that arise in the practice of scientific research and engineering, and in the practical application of that work.
For the purpose of the journal, science and engineering are defined broadly and include all aspects of human endeavor that seek to increase the range and quality of knowledge and its application to the generation of goods and services that benefit individuals and society as a whole.
Although the focus of this publication, its primary audience and contributors, are practitioners of science and engineering, contributions from a broad range of disciplines are included. The journal presents an opportunity for the discussion of ethical values and professional standards as well as for exploring the expectations and concerns of
professionals in science. In addition, Science and Engineering Ethics provides material which will be useful for the education and training of scientists and engineers in the ethical issues encountered in the workplace.
The journal also provides a forum for the exchange of views on the many issues that are presented to society by innovations in science and engineering. These include new products that have arisen from genetic engineering, informatics, nucleonics, robotics and the ability to manipulate the fertilization process. Other concerns emerge from the use of animals in research, approaches to healthcare, the persuasiveness of the media, the sustainability of a high quality environment and the way in which towns and cities are built and used.
Some areas explored in the journal include:
Institutional responsibilities for maintaining ethical standards
Risk assessment in public health, safety and the environment
Computer ethics including data protection, viruses, and copyright
Ethics and the new biotechnologies
Biomedical ethics
Animal and human subjects in research
Science and technology in the development of public policy
Professional codes of conduct and practice
Scientific freedom and responsibility
Conflicts of interest
Educational programs including curricula, formats, and strategies
Responsibilities of mentors, referees and external examiners
Project evaluation and peer review
Authorship, intellectual property, and publication practices
Bias in research data selection, data manipulation, data management
Legal matters and professional competence
Whistleblowing
Research misconduct
Discrimination and harassment in the workplace
Science and Engineering Ethics welcomes manuscripts from those who wish to make contributions to progress in this field. The journal is of particular interest to the following individuals and their institutional libraries: scientists; engineers; researchers; social scientists; healthcare workers; philosophers; lawyers; teachers; clerics; students; managers of science, engineering and public policy. Science and Engineering Ethics publishes original research papers, reviews, comment pieces, letters, editorials, book reviews and conference reports. Papers containing original research are double-blind refereed.
Science and Engineering Ethics welcomes manuscripts from those who wish to make contributions to progress in this field. The journal is of particular interest to the following individuals and their institutional libraries: scientists; engineers; researchers; social scientists; healthcare workers; philosophers; lawyers; teachers; clerics; students; managers of science, engineering and public policy. Science and Engineering Ethics publishes original research papers, reviews, comment pieces, letters, editorials, book reviews and conference reports. Papers containing original research are double-blind refereed.
Science and Engineering Ethics welcomes manuscripts from those who wish to make contributions to progress in this field. The journal is of particular interest to the following individuals and their institutional libraries: scientists; engineers; researchers; social scientists; healthcare workers; philosophers; lawyers; teachers; clerics; students; managers of science, engineering and public policy. Science and Engineering Ethics publishes original research papers, reviews, comment pieces, letters, editorials, book reviews and conference reports. Papers containing original research are double-blind refereed.

Science and Engineering Ethics
Editor-in-Chief
Dena K. Plemmons, University of California, Riverside, USA
Founding Editors
Stephanie J. Bird
Raymond E. Spier†
Associate Editors
Seth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, New York, NY, USA
Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
William L Gannon, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Dave Kukla, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Glen Miller, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Colleen Murphy, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Yvette Pearson, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Zoë Robaey, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Steven Umbrello, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology, Turin, Italy
Senior Advisory Editor
Stephanie J. Bird, Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA
International Editorial Advisory Board
Melissa S. Anderson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Lida Anestidou, The National Academies, Washington, DC, USA
Taft Broome, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University, UK
Daryl E. Chubin, Independent Consultant, Savannah, GA, USA
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, UK
Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Ruth L. Fischbach, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Paul A. Gaist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Lisa N. Geller, Watertown, MA, USA
John J. Gillon, Jr., Silver Spring, MD, USA
Penny J. Gilmer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Andrzej Górski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
C.K. Gunsalus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Mohamed H.A. Hassan, The Global Network of Science Academies, Trieste, Italy
Elizabeth Heitman, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Diane Hoffman-Kim, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Rachelle D. Hollander, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dale Jamieson, New York University, NY, USA
Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University, MA, USA
Deborah G. Johnson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Matthias Kaiser, University of Bergen, Norway
Helen E. Longino, Stanford University, CA, USA
Daryl Macer, UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand
Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Emilio Mordini, Center for Science, Society & Citizenship, Rome, Italy
Steven P. Nichols, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Patricia Osseweijer, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Willie Pearson, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Andrew N. Rowan, Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC, USA
Sanetaka Shirahata, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Joan E. Sieber, California State University, East Bay, CA, USA
Ibo van de Poel, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Guido Van Steendam, International Forum for Biophilosophy, Leuven, Belgium
Stellan Welin, Linköping University, Sweden
Michael J. Zigmond, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA