Resources in Ethics

• Bioethics
• Centers
• General
• Publications
• Research Ethics
• Research Policy

This list is incomplete and continually updated. Suggestions for additions should be sent to poynter@indiana.edu. When an addition is made, it is flagged with this icon and previous new items are unflagged.

Inclusion on this list should not be construed as an endorsement; exclusion should not be construed as disapproval.

Bioethics

• EthicShare.org is a bioethics community resource developed through a partnership with scholars at the University of Minnesota, Indiana University, Georgetown University, Stanford University, University of Virginia and Mississippi State University. This project has been financially supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the National Science Foundation, and the University of Minnesota. The resources on EthicShare have been provided through partnerships with the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature at Georgetown University, the National Library of Medicine, and the OCLC's WorldCat database.
• Indiana University Center for Bioethics
• Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics
• University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
• University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law

Centers

• Cardiff University Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society (CCels)
• Duke University The Kenan Institute for Ethics
• Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics
• Georgetown University Woodstock Theological Center
• Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
• Illinois Institute of Technology Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
• Muhlenberg College Center for Ethics
• Ohio University Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics
• Santa Clara University Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
• University of British Columbia W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
• University of Montana Practical Ethics Center
• York University Centre for Practical Ethics

General

• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
• Center for Genetics and Society A nonprofit information and public affairs organization working to encourage responsible uses and effective societal governance of the new human genetic and reproductive technologies; inludes information in Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
• Character Counts! A project of the Josephson Institute, Character Counts! reinforces the basics of good character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship
• Council of Graduate Schools Mission: "[T]o improve and advance graduate education in order to ensure the vitality of intellectual discovery."
• Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
• Ethics Updates Designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students
• HumGen Policies Université de Montréal, Centre de recherche en droit public. Policy information on human genetics in English and French
• Josephson Institute A public-benefit, nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization

Publications

• The International Journal of Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare To promote education and training in laboratory animal science
• The Institutional Review Board Guidebook (officially entitled Protecting Human Research Subjects: Institutional Review Board Guidebook). Order the Guidebook or read it on the Web.
• Journal of College and Character
• Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal The focus is bioethics
• PubMed A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 14 million MEDLINE citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's
• Science and Engineering Ethics A multi-disciplinary quarterly journal
  By special arrangement with Science and Engineering Ethics, we are pleased to make available these articles in .pdf format. The articles are copyrighted by Opragen Publications; institutions wishing to print multiple copies for educational or other purposes should request permission from Opragen Publications, PO Box 54, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2YF, UK; Tel/Fax: +44 1483 560074 info@opragen.co.uk; http://www.opragen.co.uk
  • Gunsalus, C.K. 1998. "How to blow the whistle and still have a career afterwards." Science and Engineering Ethics 4:51-64
  • Gunsalus, C.K. 1998. "Preventing the need for whistleblowing: Practical advice for university administrators." Science and Engineering Ethics 4:75-94
  • Pimple, K.D. 2002. "Six domains of research ethics: A heuristic framework for the responsible conduct of research." Science and Engineering Ethics 8:191-205

Research Ethics

Our research ethics links have been moved.

Research Policy

This short list provides examples. Most universities have a similar office.

• Indiana University, Office of Research Administration, Research Policies
• Michigan State University, Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Research
• University of Chicago, University Research Administration
• University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
• University of Michigan, Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
• University of Minnesota, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines Related to Research
• University of Wisconsin, Research and Sponsored Programs, Research Policies and Procedures