SHOULD THERE BE AN OATH FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS?

A Meeting Convened by

AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

September 27, 2000

Washington, DC

 

MEETING MATERIALS--TABLE OF CONTENTS

TAB A---Agenda

TAB B---Speakers Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

TAB C---Oaths Proposed for Scientists and Engineers

1. Hippocratic Oath for Scientists, Engineers and Executives

2. Graduate Pledge

3. Hippocratic Oath for Scientists (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)

4. Buenos Aires Oath

5. INES Appeal and Pledge

6. Student Pugwash USA Pledge

7. European Physical Society Oath

8. Greek Graduate Students Pledge

9. Buckmaster's Oath for Scientists

10. Serres' Oath for Scientists

11. Canadian Engineers "Iron Ring" Oath

12. Engineer's Creed

13. The Engineers' Hippocratic Oath/Oath for Applied Scientists and Engineers

14. Engineer's Hippocratic Oath

15. Engineering Students' Oath

16. Hippocratic Oath for Environmentalists Medical Oaths-Oath of Hippocrates and the Declaration of Geneva

TAB D---Background Materials

Brandon, Karen. Science's Fantastic Growth Prompts Call for Ethics Code. Baltimore Sun, 08/08/1999.

Denton, Van. A Meaningful Oath is Elusive. The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC). 9/19/99.

EPS Position Paper: Physics and Ethics: The Case for a Scientist's Oath. 2000.

McCarthy, Colman. When College Graduates Put Ideals Before Dollars." Washington Post. 6/5/00.

Moffic, H. Steven, Coverdale, John, and Bayer, Timothy. The Hippocratic Oath and Clinical Ethics. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 1, 4 (Winter 1990): 287-289.

Pearlman, Robert Allan. The Value of an Oath of Professional Conduct: Process, Content, or Both? The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 1, 4 (Winter 1990): 292-293. [Commentary on Moffic et. al.]

Pellegrino, Edward D. The Hippocratic Oath and Clinical Ethics. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 1, 4 (Winter 1990): 290-291. [Commentary on Moffic et. al.]

Rotblat, Joseph. The Social Conscience of Scientists. PhysicsWorld, 12, 12, (December 1999).

Sulmasy, Daniel P. What is an Oath and Why Should a Physician Swear One? Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.

TAB E---Bibliography of Additional Resources