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There appears to actually be a lot of dispute over the Hippocratic oath and exactly what it should contain. And there are different versions so not all doctors necessarily adhere to the same oath. Interestingly, the modern version linked here contains the phrase "I must not play god." It also includes a section on calling in outside help when it may aid a patient's recovery. | |||
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Revision as of 17:16, 11 January 2006
Meta-level questions to be addressed
- Is thinking about community organization and culture a waste of time?
- Do we actually need to write down standards of practice or can they just exist as community norms?
- What would a code of conduct for synthetic biologists look like?
- What standards of practice, if any, are needed beyond that of existing disciplines?
- Can this small group of people speak for the community or have their ideas accepted by the community? What about people outside the mainstream synthetic biology research community?
- If we do want to implement a community code of conduct, how should it be done?
Upcoming tasks
- research relevant examples from other disciplines and post summaries on the wiki
- brainstorm names of outside people we want to bring in to voice opinions
Relevant examples from other disciplines
Professional engineering societies
- Exams
- Whose held liable if a bridge breaks?
Assigned to: Austin
Asilomar
- How did the BSL system arise from Asilomar?
Assigned to: Sri
NIH regulations and recommendations
- Ethics training for those on an NIH training grant
- Recommendation to publish in open-access journals
Assigned to: Sri
Montsanto
- What kinds of regulations does Montsanto have to adhere to in order to grow its crops?
- FDA?
- EPA?
Assigned to: Sophia
Institutional review boards
- Institution-level committees that review sensitive research projects (for example, those having to do with human subjects).
Assigned to: Larry
International bodies
- UNESCO
- Do journals have any prescribed standards?
Assigned to: Reshma
Medicine
- Hippocratic oath modern version
There appears to actually be a lot of dispute over the Hippocratic oath and exactly what it should contain. And there are different versions so not all doctors necessarily adhere to the same oath. Interestingly, the modern version linked here contains the phrase "I must not play god." It also includes a section on calling in outside help when it may aid a patient's recovery.
- Medical licensing
Assigned to: Reshma
Programming
- No known standards of practice beyond ad hoc peer review
- Software code is awful so this might not be the model we want to follow?
Actions that could be coordinated on a community-wide basis
- prescribe a code of conduct
- develop eduational materials
- organize conferences
- promote a motto for the community (i.e. "Don't be evil")
- publish journals
- develop and establish standards
- implement safety regulations for synthetic systems and organisms
- give awards of excellence
Methods to coordinate community-wide action
- iGEM serves to help form a cohesive community since it brings people together on an annual basis
- Synthetic Biology conference
- Drew as a Stallman-like figure who prescribes a philosophy for the field that others buy into
- found a new organization to better represent the entire community
- how does it gain widespread acceptable and legitimacy?
- who would do the work of starting it?
- use existing institutions to give legitimacy to our proposed initiatives
- government at the local, state or federal level
- universities
- National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council
- NIH principles and guidelines
- The BioBricks Foundation