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Ethics Activities

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering, and monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical issues related to science and technology through a variety of projects and activities. To learn more about our current initiatives and projects, click on the links in the grey box above, or continue reading.

Board-Appointed Advisory Committee

Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

The Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (CSFR) was established in 1976 by AAAS.
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Ongoing Sci-Tech Ethics Projects

The Social Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers: A Global Survey

The Social Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers: A Global Survey

With the support of the National Science Foundation, AAAS will launch a global survey of scientists and engineers that will enable broad generalization about their views on their social responsibilities.
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Facebook Live Series on Responsible AI

Responsible AI

The AAAS Responsible AI Series, with support from Hitachi, aims to explore artificial intelligence technologies, their current capabilities, their ethical and policy implications, and the responsibilities of the scientists and engineers…
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Key Reports

The Social Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers: A Global Survey

The Social Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers: Developing a Global Survey

The focus of this project was to design and pre-test a survey that would produce generalizable results about the views of scientists and engineers on their social responsibilities (2017).
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