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1、OnBeingaScientist
2、ReponsibleConductinResearchCommitteeonScience,Engineering,andPublicPolicyNationalAcademyofSciencesNationalAcademyofEngineeringInstititueofMedicineNationalAcademyPressWashington,D.C.1995Edited/OwnedbyDDSTEED{ii{PREFACEPrefaceThescienticresearchenterprise,likeother
3、humanactivities,isbuiltonafoundationoftrust.Scientiststrustthattheresultsreportedbyothersarevalid.Societytruststhattheresultsofresearchre
ectanhonestattemptbyscientiststodescribetheworldaccuratelyandwithoutbias.Theleveloftrustthathascharacterizedscienceanditsrelationshipwithsociety
4、hascontributedtoaperiodofunparalleledscienticproductivity.Butthistrustwillendureonlyifthescienticcommunitydevotesitselftoexemplifyingandtransmittingthevaluesassociatedwithethicalscienticconduct.Inthepast,youngscientistslearnedtheethicsofresearchlargelythroughinformalmeans
5、bywork
6、ingwithseniorscientistsandwatchinghowtheydealtwithethicalquestions.Thattraditionisstillvitallyimportant.Butsciencehasbecomesocomplexandsocloselyintertwinedwithsociety'sneedsthatamoreformalintroductiontoresearchethicsandtheresponsibilitiesthatthesecommitmentsimplyisalsoneeded
7、anintr
8、oductionthatcansupplementtheinformallessonsprovidedbyresearchsupervisorsandmentors.TheoriginalOnBeingaScientist,"publishedbytheNationalAcademyofSciencesin1989,wasdesignedtomeetthatneed.Writtenforbeginningresearchers,itsoughttodescribetheethicalfoundationsofscienticpracticesandsom
9、eofthepersonalandprofessionalissuesthatresearchersen-counterintheirwork.Itwasmeanttoapplytoallformsofresearch
10、whetherinacademic,industrial,orgovernmentalsettings
11、andtoallscienticdisciplines.Over200,000copiesofthebookletweredistributedtograduateandundergraduatesciencestudents.Itcon
12、tinuestobeusedtodayincourses,seminars,andinformaldiscussions.MuchhashappenedinthesixyearssinceOnBeingaScientist"rstappeared.Researchinstitutionsandfederalagencieshavedevelopedimportantnewpoliciesfordealingwithbehaviorsthatviolatetheethicalstandardsofscience.Adistinguishedpanelcon
13、venedbytheNationalAcademie