Title: BIOTECHNOLOGY
1BIOTECHNOLOGY
- LEGAL / ETHICAL / SOCIAL
- ISSUES
2MORALS THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT
WRONG
- MORALS ARE BASED ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL BELIEF OR
JUDGMENT
RIGHT
WRONG
3ETHICS STUDY OF MORALS HOW THEY AFFECT
CONDUCT
ETHICS IS A REFLECTION OF MORALITY
STUDY OF MORALS
- STUDY OF HOW WE MAKE JUDGEMENTS IN REGARDS TO
RIGHT WRONG
4CODE OF ETHICS DOCUMENT CREATED BY A PROFESSION
THAT OUTLINES ETHICAL BEHAVIOR FOR ITS MEMBERS
- THE PROFESSION IS SELF-REGULATING PUNISHABLE
BY THE PROFESSION
CODE OF ETHICS
5BIOETHICS IS-
- APPLICATION OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
- IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY FIELD
- BIOTECH RESEARCH, TESTING,
- MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION
- EXAMPLES GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS, CLONING,
GENE THERAPY, STEM CELLS, ANIMAL TESTING, ETC.
6LEGAL PERTAINS TO OR IS RECOGNIZED BY THE LAW
- GUARANTEED UNDER LAW
- BREECH IS PUNISHABLE IN COURT
7UNETHICAL CONDUCT IS SANCTIONED BY LOSS OF
REPUTATION
- ILLEGAL CONDUCT IS PUNISHED AS DICTATED BY
LAW LOSS - OF REPUTATION
8NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES MAY BE CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE
OF RECENT ADVANCES IN
- MEDICINE
- BIOLOGY
- TECHNOLOGY
- AGRICULTURE
9THE USDA REGULATES THE PRODUCTION / USE OF
- PLANTS PESTICIDES
- DRUGS
- VETERINARY SUPPLIES
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS ANIMALS
10THE EPA REGULATES THE PRODUCTION / USE OF
- PLANT PESTICIDES
- BACTERIA FUNGI
- GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES
11BIOTECH COMPANIES RESEARCH LABORATORIES SHOULD
PRACTICE
- CONSISTANT TESTING / PRODUCTION
- ACCURATE DATA COLLECTION
- HONEST DATA REPORTING
- ADHERANCE TO RULES SAFETY
12METHODS OF ANALYZING BIOETHICAL ISSUES SHOULD
INCLUDE PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES
- IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
- LIST POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM
- ID PROS CONS OF EACH SOLUTION
- RANK THE SOLUTIONS (BEST WORST)
- DECIDE DEFEND YOUR POSITION