Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR): Scientific Citizenship

Date: 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

TMEC Amphitheater | 260 Longwood Avenue

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Description: Scientific discoveries sometimes lead to applications that can have profoundly beneficial or disruptive effects on society and the evolution of social norms. The fact that we operate within a functional society where some degree of cooperation exists, suggests that most of us accept certain organization values/principles about relationships between individuals and between individuals, institutions, and authority. These values/principles are typically captured by inexact terms such as freedom, equality, autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence. Of course, that we may abstractly agree on the list of fundamental ideals does not mean that we will agree on their relative priority in context. We recognize that, within this kind of conversation, there may be a wide range of reasonable, informed opinion.

Our modest goal is to identify 1) some of the underlying values that animate such reasonable, informed opinion, and 2) some justifications that can be offered for prioritizing some values over others.

Research Data Management Session (11.20.19)
Authorship Session (12.18.19)

RCR is required for ALL HMS/HSDM postdocs. Please note - since past completions are not yet uploaded, you will not yet be able view previous completions upon enrollment.