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THE REPORT OF
THE CONFERENCE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/report.pdf
For
a print version, please contact Mark
Frankel
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10-11, 2000 |
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Washington, DC
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| CONFERENCE
DESCRIPTION |
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This conference will examine the role of the scientific
societies in influencing the ethical climate for research. Questions
such as the following will be addressed: |
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What are the responsibilities of scientific societies
to foster responsible research practices? |
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In what concrete ways do the scientific
societies promote research integrity? |
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How are these policies and practices implemented
and with what effect? |
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What measures and methods are used to determine
their effectiveness? |
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What options beyond those now undertaken should
societies consider adding to their current portfolios? |
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Presenters will include professional society staff,
officers, and members, legal counsel, ethicists, and social scientists,
who will share their experences and research findings in an effort
to document what works, what doesn’t, how we know, and to develop
a research and action agenda. |
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| WHO
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Officers and members of the scientific societies,
ethicists, attorneys, and policy makers. |
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LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS |
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The conference is being held at the American
Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC. AAAS
is located at 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005. A block
of rooms at the Marriot Courtyard, Convention Center has been pre-reserved
for conference attendees at a special rate of $139.00 per night. As
there are a limited number of rooms, we advise that you book your
rooms as early as possible. Please reference the AAAS Promoting Research
Integrity conference when making your reservations in order to receive
the special rate. The hotel is located at 900 F St., NW, Washington,
DC 20005 and its phone number is 202-638-4600. |
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| SOCIETIES
SURVEY |
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A session of the conference
will be devoted to the outcomes of a survey of scientific societies
and their acitvities in promoting research integrity. If your organization
wishes to be a part of the survey group, please fill out our survey
at http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/survey.pdf
and return it to Sanyin Siang at AAAS, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20005 or fax (202) 289.4950. |
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