Expanding ELSI to all areas of innovative science and technology

Greenbaum, Dov

doi:10.1038/nbt.3193

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“…Bioethics education can allow students to delve into the intricacies surrounding the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of biotechnology research. ELSI aims to further the conversation among stakeholders in the interactions among science, technology, and society [5]. This learning can also help to develop and reinforce bioethical values that can guide actions toward socially appropriate outcomes and strengthen biotechnology research ethics systems at scale.…”

Section: Elevating Bioethics In Biotechnology Educationmentioning

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Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

Harfouche

Nakhle

2020

Trends in Biotechnology

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Section: Elevating Bioethics In Biotechnology Educationmentioning

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Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

Harfouche

Nakhle

2020

Trends in Biotechnology

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“…While debates related to the end-goals of technology development abound, far less research and scholarship is dedicated to the developmental challenges and rate-limiting steps to successfully advance and harness such cutting-edge science for useful purposes. A small but rising level of discourse has centered upon the social sciences, including studies in risk, governance, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications) ( Greenbaum 2015 ). Few mechanisms glue the physical and social science explorations together into a single narrative of technology development, and this contributes to a lack of cohesion regarding emerging technology governance ( Trump et al, 2019 ).…”

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Governing biotechnology to provide safety and security and address ethical, legal, and social implications

et al. 2023

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The field of biotechnology has produced a wide variety of materials and products which are rapidly entering the commercial marketplace. While many developments promise revolutionary benefits, some of them pose uncertain or largely untested risks and may spur debate, consternation, and outrage from individuals and groups who may be affected by their development and use. In this paper we show that the success of any advanced genetic development and usage requires that the creators establish technical soundness, ensure safety and security, and transparently represent the product’s ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI). We further identify how failures to address ELSI can manifest as significant roadblocks to product acceptance and adoption and advocate for use of the “safety-by-design” governance philosophy. This approach requires addressing risk and ELSI needs early and often in the technology development process to support innovation while providing security and safety for workers, the public, and the broader environment. This paper identifies and evaluates major ELSI challenges and perspectives to suggest a methodology for implementing safety-by-design in a manner consistent with local institutions and politics. We anticipate the need for safety-by-design approach to grow and permeate biotechnology governance structures as the field expands in scientific and technological complexity, increases in public attention and prominence, and further impacts human health and the environment.

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“…"Social" is often used as part of the phrase "ethical, legal, social implications" or the phrase "social implication" is used by itself to indicate the impact of a given scientific or technological advancements on the 'social', and the impact on the 'social' is one focus of science and technology governance discussions [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Various terms are linked to the 'social' in academic and policy literature discussing the ethics and governance of various sciences and technologies.…”

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Auditing the ‘Social’ of Quantum Technologies: A Scoping Review

Wolbring

2022

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Various phrases such as “social implications”, social impact” and “ethical, legal and social implications” are used to indicate the impact of a given scientific or technological advancements on the ‘social’. The impact on the ‘social’ is one focus of science and technology governance discussions. Many terms and phrases can be used to audit the engagement of a given technology (such as quantum technologies) with the ‘social’. Marginalized groups are particularly impacted by the ‘social’. Equity, Diversity, and, Inclusion (EDI) and similar phrases are part of discussing the ‘social’. EDI frameworks and phrases are employed as policy concepts to decrease the research, education, and general workplace problems members of marginalized groups such as women, Indigenous peoples, visible/racialized minorities, disabled people, and LGBTQ2S+ encounter at universities and other workplaces. How quantum technologies-focused discussions engage with the ‘social’ can impact EDI activities, and quantum technologies-focused discussions can be impacted in turn by EDI activities. The objective of this study was to map the engagement with the ‘social’ in the quantum technologies-focused academic literature. A scoping review coupled with a manifest coding approach was used to answer three research questions: (1) Which terms, phrases, and measures that can be seen to cover aspects of the ‘social’ are present in the quantum technologies-focused academic literature? (2) To what extent are EDI frameworks and phrases present in the quantum technologies-focused academic literature? (3) Which marginalized groups visible in EDI discourses are covered in the quantum technologies-focused academic literature? Using the academic databases SCOPUS, EBSCO-HOST, Web of Science, Compendex, Inspec Archive, and Knovel, 362,728 English language abstracts were obtained for the manifest coding using 62 Quantum-related technical phrases and 1062 English language abstracts were obtained using 17 non-technical Quantum-related phrases. Within the 362,728 abstracts of the 200 terms and phrases (which did not have to contain the term “social”) used to answer the research questions, 87 were not mentioned in any abstracts, 47 were mentioned in less than 10, 30 were mentioned in between 10 and 100, and 29 were mentioned in over 100 abstracts. Within the 1062 abstracts, 164 terms and phrases were not mentioned at all, 19 were mentioned in over 10, 8 were mentioned in between 10 and 100 (all false positive), and one was mentioned in over 100 abstracts (false positive). The term “social” or phrases containing “social” appeared in only 867 of the 362,728 abstracts and only 10 of the 1062 abstracts. EDI frameworks and phrases were not present in the 362,728 abstracts and 1062 abstracts, and many marginalized groups engaged with in EDI discussions were not present in the 362,728 and 1062 abstracts either. The results reveal vast opportunities to engage with the ‘social’ of quantum technologies in many different ways, including through EDI frameworks and concepts and by engaging with marginalized groups covered under EDI.

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Expanding ELSI to all areas of innovative science and technology

Abstract: New curricula in the study of the ethical, legal and social implications of scientific research aims to further the conversation among all stakeholders in the interactions between science, technology and society.

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

Governing biotechnology to provide safety and security and address ethical, legal, and social implications

Auditing the ‘Social’ of Quantum Technologies: A Scoping Review

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