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Ethics and the responsibility of science

Background paper for the world science conference, Budapest June 26–July 1, 1999

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Correspondence to Kathinka Evers.

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Prepared by the International Council for Science’s Standing Committee on Responsibility and Ethics in Science

Members of ICSU’s Standing Committee on Responsibility and Ethics in Science (SCRES): José-Maria Cantu (Mexico), Qiheng Hu (China), Jean-Didier Vincent (France), Vivian Weil (United States), Matthias Kaiser (Norway, Chair), Kathinka Evers (Sweden, Executive Director), Hal Mooney (ex officio, ICSU Secretary General), Jens Erik Fenstad (ex officio, ICSU Executive Board).

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Evers, K. Ethics and the responsibility of science. SCI ENG ETHICS 6, 131–142 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-000-0031-1

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