DOCUMENT RESUME I Ed 151 143 , SE,022 863 $ f ---- 0 AUTHOR Shelanski, Vivien 3., Ed. '. TITLE , Newsletter on Science, Technology & Human Values, Number 18, Jaduary 1977. INSTITUTION Harvard Univ., Cambridge. Program on Science, Technology and Public Policy. S,PONS AtENCY National Et-dliiiment fot the Humanities (ffAH) ,r Washington, D.C. ; National' Science Foundation; Washington,-1).C. "PUB DATE Jan 77 'NOTE J 46p.; For-related documents, see SE 022 867-868 and , SE '023 .739 AAVAILABLE FROM Nelsletter on ScienCe, Technology & Human Values, Aiken Computation Labotatory 231, Harvard Univ., . Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (subscription $6.00) EDRS PRICE MF $0.83 11C-$2.06 Plus Postage. ' DESCRIPTORS Ethical Values; *Newslettersi,Philosophy; *Science Education; Science History;Acientific,Enterprise; *Scientists; *Social Problems; Social Sciences;. *Values ABSTRACT This newsletter' contains items4 of interest to anyone concerned with scienceand society interactions. The first section of this issue contains 20 news and communication items including several program descriptions,, discussions of social issues related tc science, and descriptions of. thtee bibliographies. Three feature articles are also included. The firstis a commentary on-the need too integrate questions of science, technology, and policy. TEe second article contains two recent surveys dealing with codes of ethics in -le social sciences. The last feature article is an individual's reaction to the proposed science court. A general bibliography is also included. 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"Thoughts on the Proposed Science Court," by Dorothy Nelkin V. Additions to General Bibliography The Newsletter/is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment tor ,the'Humanities, It, is produced under the auspices of the Harvard Undversity Pi'vgram op -Scienbe, Technology and Public Policy. I W. EDITOR: Vivien B. Shelanski EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Judith A. Parker EDITORIAL ADVISORS: Lewis White Beck 'Joshua Ledevberg Harvey Bro.oks Dorothy Nolkin Daniel Callahan Arnold Thackray William H. Davenport, Victor Weisskopf -a Joseph Haberer, . Lynn Whit? Jr. Gerald Holton 4 All correspondence should be addressedto: I 4 Newsltter,on Science, Technology &Human Values Aiken Computation. Laboratory 231 Harvard University Cambridge, :Aassachusetts 02138 (617) 495-4496 The Newsletter is published quarterlyduring the Academic year: issues are dated October, January, Apriland June. .The annual/ subscription fate is $6 00; subscriptionsreceived at'any tim61104, during the 1976/77 academicyear begin with the October 1976 issue. A few Copies Or earlier issuesare still available. 0 Copyright 1976 by the President and Fellows of HarvardUniversity 3 ,NEWSLETTER ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & HUMANNALUES lk 1Normerly: Newsletter of the Program on Public Conceptions of Science) January 1977 Number 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. News Items and Communications A. Retearch Community Voices Conce s in NSB RepOrt 1 8. Symposium: Scientific Freedomaid'Responsibility 2 C. Science, Technology', and Society Guide to the 1, Field 3 D. Survey of Science Writing Courses. 4 E. Journal to Feature "Value Issues in Science, Tech- \ -nology, and Medicine" 5 F. New Serial Publication: Sociology of Sciences, a Yearbook G. Citizen and Science. Almanac and Annotated Bibliog- reply) . 6 H. Bibliography: Risk-Benefit Analysis and Public It:gW171 I. Bibliography of Society, Ethics and the Life Sci- ences . 7 J. "Science and.Social Issues: Stim(ilating Discussion ''-- and Involvement" 7 K. Center for the Culture of Biomedicine and Science: University of Delaware i f 8 L. Program: Law, ScienCe, and Technology at Franklin . Pierce Law Center 8 M. Program: Graduate Studies at the Institut d'Histoire et de Sociopolitique of the Universite de Montreal 9 N. program:, Science Studies at the University of Edin- burgh 10 i 0. Program:.University of Denver 10 . P. NSF Program: "Marine Science Affairs 11 Q. Graduate Fellowship in the Historybf Modern Tech- , nology t , 12 4, R. Directory of Environmental Sociologists , ` . 12 S. Symposium:, Philosophy and Computer Technology 12 V II. Commentary: "On fhe Need to ihtegrateQuestions- of Science, Technology, and Policy," by-Robert Froech '13 ,III. Codes of Ethics in the Social Sciences:Two Rec4t Surveys A . A. "Research Reiort: ',The International Social Stience Council 4iSSC) Suriley Of Codes of EtJic in,,,.tlMe'- Social Sciences," by Paul Davidson Reynolds,';. 15 ,- TABLE OF CONTENTS (contd.) 4) B. "Research Report: Ethicsand Political Science Research: .The Results of4 Survey of Political Science Associations," byMark Ss Frankel, 4. IV. "Thoughts on the Propostd Science Court," by Doritthy Nelkin # 2Q V. Additions to General Bibliography 32.. 4 * b I I ' a I. NEWS ITEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS A.'ResearchCommunity Voices Concerns in NSB Report The eighth annual report of the National Science Board (NSB), Science t the'Bicentennial: A Report from the Reseuch Community, is now ailable: ,Unlike earlier reports, Science a the Bicentennial isnot statistical analysts of trends or indicators,.put consists largely f comments by several hundred representatives of the U.S. research community on existing and prospective problems in research operations. The Foreword to the report states that the NSB 'undertook this collection of views in response to clear evidence that scientific, re- search, after a period'of relative well-being, is'today exposed to severe stress. That stress originates in fundamental changes in such matters as age patterns in the population, the availability and dis- tribution of'economic resources, and the order of values guiding na- tional directives." To obtain the views of the research community, letters of inquiry were sent to more than nine hundred performers and administrators in the four principal sectors of research: universities, industry, fed- eral laboratories, and independent research institutes. p Two outstanding features emerged frothe hundreds of-replies. One was tha.commonality of judgment, across all sector's, as to what the major problems are. The second was the intensity of concem about these problems and about the prospects for science in the immediate future. The principal areas of common concern were: -- dependability of funding for researehr vitality of the research system -- freedom in research 4 -- confidence in science and technology The report contains separate chapters on each of the four. areas of concern. Alsg. included are a chapter providing'historic4 perspec- tive,on Tesearch in the U. and a study of available surveys on pus- lic,attitudes toward science andlhnolou. a ' The various appendices proyid details about the methods used in the study; texts of the letters of'intluiry; a coriiplete list,'by sec= tor, of respondents; a complete list^of issues cited in the respbnses; and 'rank-order t4bles of issues mentioned most frequently.- The report is available from thiSuPerintendent of Documents, U.S. -2- if ,a `CovAkiment Printing, Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,, The price is $2.95, . stock, 038-000-002e1.5. Symposium:, Sc/,entific Freedomand 'Responsibility A symposium entitled "LaseStudiesin ScientificF!eedoman4Rer sponspilitY" will be held on Monday, February21, 1977, at the annual meet4.hg of We American Associationfor the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Denver, Colorado. Morning and afternoon sessions'will be held in the Spruce.Room of the Denver Hilton Hotel. Speakers at the morning session will'discuss someofthe issues involved in differentareas of scient1fic'freedom and responiibility. In the afternoon, members of `e. the AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom andResponsibility 0111 sum- marize the initial, directions ofthe group and explore several options available to AAAS. Discussion by the audience will follow the presen-Alk tations. The program follows: 4 Morning Sessibn. 9:00 a.m. "The Emergence of tgtical Science," JeromeR. Ravetz; "Changing Perceptions of Scientific Freedomand Responsibil- 1 ity," William A. Blanpie4 "PublicParticipation in the Issues: Asilomar and Its Aftermath;" Charles Weiner; "Issues of Scientific Freedom. and Responsibilityin-Pre-college Edu- cation," F. James Rutherford. Afternoon Session. 3:00 p.m. "Charge to the AAAS'ComMitteeon Scientific Freedom and Responsibility," H. Bentley Glass; "LegalConstraints on Scientific freedom," Harold P. Green; "Legislative Issues," ' Charles A. Mosher; "Scientific Societies andthe Public, Interest," Frank von Hippel. The symposium is being sponsored bytheAAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (see NL