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The Scientific Freedom, Responsibility
and Law Program (SFRL) is committed to upholding high ethical
standards for science and engineering and to examining the impediments
to and opportunities for achieving those standards; to improving understanding
of the relationship between the law and science; to monitoring ethical,
legal, and social issues related to science and technology and bringing
them to the attention of scientists, engineers, policy makers, and the
public; to recognizing the actions of persons whose behavior has fostered
scientific freedom and responsibility; and to facilitating the exchange
of ideas and information related to the Program's mission among all interested
parties.
In support of these objectives, the Program has addressed the following
issues:
- ethical, legal and policy implications of genetic research and
its applications
- use of animals in research and education
- research integrity and misconduct in science
- use of scientific and technical information in the courts
- ethical and policy implications of human stem cell research
- electronic publishing and intellectual property
- ethical and legal aspects of conducting human subject research
on the Internet
- implications of neuroscience for the law
- research needed to improve the U.S. voting system
The AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom
and Responsibility and the National
Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (a joint committee between the AAAS
and the American Bar Association's Science and Technology Law Section) work
closely with staff to achieve the Program's objectives. In addition, the Program publishes the quarterly newsletter, Professional
Ethics Report.
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