Ethics and social issues in research practice

31 October 2014

Dr Alain Kaufmann; Professor Lazare Benaroyo

This workshop provides doctoral candidates with a general introduction to ethics and ethical codes in research.

Ethics should be understood as at once a method and a critical reflection on the values and norms that dictate our action. We will pay particular attention to the ethical dimension that defines the codes and norms of good practice in a given scientific community. The course will include an overview of the main national and international regulations currently in force. The participants will work with an interdisciplinary selection of cases and discuss them in groups.

The course should help doctoral candidates to identify the ethical issues contained in their research object, whether as part of the research community (scientific integrity, plagiarism, etc.) or as part of society as a whole (social, economic, legal, political aspects). The course thus aims to develop responsible scientific activity.

Objectives

• Be aware of the regulations governing ethics in research and be able to put them into practice
• Be able to identify the ethical issues contained in one’s research.
• Be able to deliberate within an interdisciplinary framework and to come to a decision on ethical questions.

Lausanne

Date: Friday 31st October 2014

Schedule:  9:00 to 17:00

Location: University of Lausanne

Trainers: Prof. Lazare Benaroyo, medical doctor and philosopher, president of Ethos and head of the biomedical ethics unit in the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at UNIL and CHUV.
Alain Kaufmann, sociologist and biologist, director of Interface Science-Société and board member of Ethos, the indisciplinary ethics platform at UNIL.

Participants are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train between the town of their university and the location of the workshop (half-fare card, 2nd class).

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