Scientific Research and Ethics

Social License

the acceptance of an activity by society

The “Unfortunate Experiment” at National Women’s

aimed to test if carcinoma in situ does not progress to invasive cervical cancer

women were untreated, uninformed, and received repeated biopsies

falsified data, failed to publish negative results, women developed invasive cancer

Royal Commission on Genetic Modification in NZ

created to look into and report on issues about genetic modification

proposals for institutions were to establish a bioethics council, have a parliamentary commissioner on biotechnology, and have a biotechnology strategy

no