Ethical decision-making in bioscience firms

A survey of the ethical practices of bioscience companies suggests that although most firms feature ethics in their mission statement or code of conduct, fewer than half of the companies surveyed have made any formal efforts to assess how well these approaches are working.

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Published in:Nature biotechnology 2006-03, Vol.24 (3), p.285-290
Main Authors: Finegold, David, Moser, Allison
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Bioethical Issues - standards
Bioinformatics
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology
Biomedicine
Biotechnology
Biotechnology - ethics
Biotechnology industry
Decision Making
Ethics
Ethics, Business
Fabrication
feature
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Legislation. General informations
Life Sciences
Pharmaceutical industry
Public opinion
Stem cells
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Summary:A survey of the ethical practices of bioscience companies suggests that although most firms feature ethics in their mission statement or code of conduct, fewer than half of the companies surveyed have made any formal efforts to assess how well these approaches are working.
ISSN:1087-0156
1546-1696
DOI:10.1038/nbt0306-285