A Framework for Responsible Innovation

Owen, Richard; Stilgoe, Jack; Macnaghten, Phil; Gorman, Mike; Fisher, Elizabeth; Guston, David H.

doi:10.1002/9781118551424.ch2

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“…The most important arguments are food safety, health, and the welfare of and respect for animals. Even if the egg sector tried to incorporate the steps of responsible innovation, namely, anticipate intended and potentially unintended future impacts of innovations; reflect on the purposes, motivation, and potential impact of their innovations; deliberate with multiple stakeholders; and respond to societal needs through participatory and anticipatory governance (Owen et al 2013), there is no alternative approach that would be acceptable to a majority of the Dutch public. We have described this situation as a 'moral lock-in'.…”

Section: How To Deal With Cockerels In the Egg Sector Responsibly?mentioning

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A Public Survey on Handling Male Chicks in the Dutch Egg Sector

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Bruijnis

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J Agric Environ Ethics

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In 2035 global egg demand will have risen 50% from 1985. Because we are not able to tell in the egg whether it will become a male or female chick, billons of one day-old male chicks will be killed. International research initiatives are underway in this area, and governments encourage the development of an alternative with the goal of eliminating the culling of day-old male chicks. The Netherlands holds an exceptional position in the European egg trade, but is also the only country in the European Union where the downside of the egg sector, the practice of killing day-old male chicks, is a recurrent subject of societal debate. 'Preventing the killing of young animals' and 'in ovo sex determination' are the two alternative approaches available to solve this problem. It is clear that both approaches solve the problem of killing day-old male chicks, either by keeping them alive or by preventing them from living, but they also raise a lot of new animal welfare-related dilemmas. A thorough analysis was undertaken of these dilemmas and the results are presented in this article. The analysis resulted in an ethical framework based on the two main approaches in bioethics: a consequentialist approach and a deontological approach. This ethical framework was used to develop an online survey administered to ascertain Dutch public opinion about these alternative approaches. The results show that neither alternative will be fully accepted, or accepted by more than half of Dutch society. However, the survey does provide an insight into the motives that are important for people's choice: food safety and a good treatment of animals. Irrespective of the approach chosen, these values should be safeguarded and communicated clearly.

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Section: How To Deal With Cockerels In the Egg Sector Responsibly?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Public Survey on Handling Male Chicks in the Dutch Egg Sector

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“…We demonstrated the potential of this framework as a tool of analysis by providing data on relevant outcomes, which we gathered from a cross-national analysis of curricula in these countries. Which policies and instruments can help foster RRI is still under investigation (Owen et al, 2013). We hope that our findings may provide useful information that can shed light on how the intentions of policy-makers and current practices interrelate.…”

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The Embedment of Responsible Research and Innovation Aspects in European Science Curricula

Papadakis¹,

Chaimala²

2016

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Abstract:The recent and current discourse on education policy across Europe places great emphasis on the importance of incorporating aspects of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in science education. A key aspect of education policy is that citizens should become better equipped to enquire into and understand socio-scientific issues, as well as to apply scientific knowledge and ethical values in order to form evidence-based opinions. The question of how the intentions of policy-makers can be translated effectively into educational practice, however, has yet to be answered. Against this background, the present paper will investigate how aspects of RRI can be embedded in the curricula of science education in various European countries. The framework we will present illuminates both the intentions of policymakers and current practices with regard to RRI within science curricula. It also helps map such policies and strategies in the area of science education across Europe. In the context of the ENGAGE project, this framework has been used as a tool for analysing the RRI components of curricula in the science education of students aged 11-16. The analysis is based on data gathered in 2014, takes into account prospective reforms and covers 11 European countries. The results of the analysis illustrate the potential of this framework as a tool for investigating how RRI can be embedded in science education and for exploring the space for intervention that policy-makers have. They also show that this framework can shed light on how the intentions of policy-makers and current practices with regard to RRI interrelate and on how moving from "words to deeds" can be achieved in a meaningful and constructive manner.

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“…Fortunately, we do not have to start from scratch, as the recent discussions about responsible research and innovation (RRI; [3][4][5]) have already begun this process. According to René von Schomberg, policy officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, RRI is "a transparent, interactive process by which societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each other with a view to the (ethical) acceptability, sustainability and societal desirability of the innovation process and its marketable products" [5].…”

Section: Science and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%