Science Case Studies Grant
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Fall 2023
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Integrating ethical decision-making in Second Year Core Biology Labs
Debra Grantham, University Teaching Fellow,听Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Jen Frail-Gauthier, Instructor,听Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Kerrianne Ryan, Instructor (LTA),听Faculty of Science
Annie Grigg
Biology is a powerful tool that has an unfortunate history of being misused. Unethical behaviour in the name of scientific exploration is not uncommon, nor is it uncommon for a scientist to inadvertently participate in unethical behaviour. While there are many programs for biomedical ethics and ethical use of human test subjects, ethics in other sciences is typically taught as an optional philosophy course, as is the case at 黑料吃瓜网. Thus, its application can seem remote from the practice of science taught in scientific laboratories. The result is that biology students can complete their undergraduate degree, in some cases an honours thesis with live specimens, without discussing ethics beyond its applications in academic integrity or plagiarism. This project aims to integrate the ethical decision-making process into the core second year biology labs so that students can actively consider and apply ethical decision-making throughout their practice of the scientific process.