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. 2003 Apr;9(2):181-90.
doi: 10.1007/s11948-003-0005-1.

Implementing ethics in the professions: examples from environmental epidemiology

Colin L Soskolne  1 , Lee E Sieswerda
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Implementing ethics in the professions: examples from environmental epidemiology

Colin L Soskolne et al. Sci Eng Ethics. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

The need to integrate ethics into professional life, from the grassroots up, has been recognized, and a comprehensive ethics program has been proposed as a model. The model includes the four dimensions of: consensus building, ethics guidelines development and review, education, and implementation. The activities of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) are presented as examples and compared with the proposed model. Several innovative activities are described and incentives for ethical professional conduct are highlighted. The examples are provided for emulation by other professional organizations in the hope that, thereby, greater protection of the public interest will be achieved.

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