Topics of Interest include but are not limited to the following areas!
Ethics Fundamentals
1. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest
2. Ethics and Whistleblowing
3. Ethics and the Idea of the Public (Does the Public end at the boundary of one’s nation?)
4. Ethics and Ethical Responsibility
5. Ethics and Professions in Science (e.g. Can science be a profession?)
6. Ethics and Biomedical Engineering (e.g., Can engineers have patients?)
Ethics in Science, Technology and Engineering Disciplines
7. Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Science, Technology and Engineering
8. Ethics and Emerging Technologies (biotechnology, nanotechnology, cognitive science, and robotics)
9. Ethics and Risk Management & Risk Communication
10. Ethics and Information & Communication Technology
11. Ethics and Computing and Software Engineering
12. Ethics and Energy Systems
13. Ethics and Biometrics
Ethics, Morality, Law and Culture
14. Ethics and Law & Regulation
15. Ethics and Technology Policy
16. Ethics and a World of Diverse Cultures
17. Ethics and the Culture of Science and Engineering
18. Ethics and Professional Societies (including Codes of Ethics)
19. Ethics and Compliance in Corporations
20. Ethics and Intellectual Property
Ethics, Society and Environment
21. Ethics and Social Issues (gender & ethnic diversity, peace studies, social justice, humanitarian engineering)
22. Ethics and Public Safety, Health and Welfare
23. Ethics and its Practice: ethics of a community versus individual ethics
24. Ethics and Environmental Concerns
25. Ethics and Sustainable Development
Ethics and Education
26. Ethics and Accreditation/Certification
27. Ethics and Young Researchers
28. Ethics and Education for Engineers and Scientists