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- Biofuel
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The increased demand for corn-based ethanol in the United States has lead to a rise in the global prices for corn. This price has had the devastating effect of inflating food prices for the poor, and as growing corn requires a mass...
Year: 2008
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Biofuel.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:09
- Real-Life Avatar
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: James Cameron, director of the movie Avatar, had become philanthropically involved a conflict over the Belo Monte damn project in the Amazon rain forest. The Belo Monte dam is part of a proposed hydroelectric project on the Xingu R...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Avatar.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-08 09:49
- Shepherding in a New Era of Conservation
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the reality television show "Whale Wars" in which the environmental group the Sea Shepherds whose mission is to "use innovative tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illega...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Sheparding.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-08 09:49
- Development with Coal
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Coal is one of the cheapest and dirtiest scalable methods of producing power. However, coal use was the driving force in the West's industrial revolution and the U.S. is still the leading producer and consumer of coal. For the past...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Coal.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-08 09:48
- Taking action, saving lives : our duties to protect environmental and public health
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Authors: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book explores the pollution-related costs in terms of money and lives in the United States, ad discusses how the government has failed to protect its citizens from the ill effects industrial and agricultural toxins. She explor...
Year: 2007Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:41
- The dangers of difference
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Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the issue of racism in the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. The dilemma of a difference; Institutional review board (IRB); 1990 General Accounting Office study; New policy regarding minority inclusion in research; The way out...
Year: 1992Biblio - Anonymous - 2010-11-16 11:14
- Price, Principle, and the Environment
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Authors: Sagoff, Mark
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Ethics, Place and Environment
Abstract: This volume discusses the what economics can contribute to the development of environmental policy. He argues that argues that economics can be helpful in designing institutions and processes through which people can settle environm...
Year: 2006Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:40
- Environmental Harm: Political Not Biological
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Authors: Sagoff, Mark
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Abstract: In their fine paper, Evans et al. (2009) discuss the proposition that invasive non-native species (INS) are harmful. The question to ask is, "Harmful to whom?" Pathogens that make people sick and pests that damage their property -- ...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-008-9127-4Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:40
- Convention Boycott on Cincinnati
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Authors: Keller, David R. ; Hinman, Lawrence ; Leever, Martin ; Robert Ladenson ; Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are the Executive Director of a large professional association planning your organization's annual convention. While the association's board approved your earlier recommendation that he be held in Cincinnati,in the intervening m...
Year: 2002
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Convention%20Boycott%20on%20Cincinnati.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-06 15:13
- Global Warming and the Bush Administration
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Authors: Keller, David R. ; Hinman, Lawrence ; Leever, Martin ; Robert Ladenson ; Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Despite growing consensus in the scientific community that increasing carbon dioxide emissions is causing global climate change, the Bush Administration decided in 2001 to not comply with the Kyoto Protocol to reduce U.S. carbon dio...
Year: 2002
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Global%20Warming%20and%20the%20Bush%20Administration.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-06 15:14
- Grand Canyon : A Different View
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Authors: Brinkman, Anthony ; Anestidou, Lida ; Weigel, Christine ; Robert Ladenson ; Leever, Martin ; Althaus, Ruth Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When Wilfrid Elders, an Emeritus Professor of Geology visited the bookstore of the Grand Canyon National Park, he saw the book "Grand Canyon: A Different View" on sale. After reading the book and discoverign that it presents a creat...
Year: 2005
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Grand%20Canyon%20A%20Different%20View.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-07 15:44
- Water Rights in the Klamath Basin
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Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Anestidou, Lida ; Leever, Martin ; Keller, David R. ; Cox-White, Becky ; Althaus, Ruth Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Klamath Basin of Oregon is the site of a conflict about water rights between farmers, ranchers, tribal fisheries, wildlife refuges, and federal agencies. In 2001, the federal government decided to cut off irrigation water to fa...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Water%20Rights%20in%20the%20Klamath%20Basin.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-07 15:43
- Bushmeat
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Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Anestidou, Lida ; Leever, Martin ; Keller, David R. ; Cox-White, Becky ; Althaus, Ruth Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: People in Central African tropical rain forest for at least 40,000 years. However, as the human population grows, the harvest of large wild mammals, known as "bushmeat" is increasing. While scientists consider the current rate of w...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Bushmeat.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-07 15:43
- Air Pollution and NAFTA
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has the goal of increasing trade between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. However, trucks entering from Mexico into the United States are not subject to the same emissions standa...
Year: 2003
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Air%20Pollution%20and%20NAFTA.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-10 15:34
- Malaria and DDT
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Authors: Keller, David R. ; Leever, Martin ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy ; Anestidou, Lida
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: While DDT is known to have toxic effects on both the environment and humans, it is also the most effective, cost efficient way of fighting malaria in countries in Africa. The United Nations Environmental Program is seeking to elimin...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Malaria%20and%20DDT.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-10 15:35
- The environmental ethics and policy book : philosophy, ecology, economics
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Authors: Pierce, Christine ; VanDeVeer, Donald
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book looks at the economic reasoning and its implications for environmental policy issues while also looking at the broad range of ethical questions raised when looking at these areas. The book...
Year: 1994Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:23
- Between Same-Sex Marriages and the Large Hadron Collider : Making Sense of the Precautionary Principle
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Authors: Petrenko, Anton ; McArthur, Dan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The Precautionary Principle is a guide to coping with scientific uncertainties in the assessment and management of risks. In recent years, it has moved to the forefront of debates in policy and applied ethics, and is being used in a...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9165-yBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-04 16:20
- Relaxing the Antipollution Upgrade Requirement for Factories
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Authors: Keller, David R. ; Leever, Martin ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Cox-White, Becky ; Connolly, Peggy ; Anestidou, Lida
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: On October 15, 2003 the Bush Administration announced relaxed regulations on antipollution upgrades to old factories, refineries, and power plants. While supporters of the policy argue that this move is likely to help the economy an...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Relaxing%20the%20Antipollution%20Upgrade%20for%20Factories.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-07 15:43
- Ten Steps to Developing a National Agenda to Address Financial Conflicts of Interest in Industry Sponsored Clinical Research
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Authors: Tereskerz, Patricia M. ; Moreno, Jonathan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: As financial liaisons between clinical researchers, research institutions, and industrial sponsors increase, many have argued that trust in the research infrastructure is being eroded by the financial conflicts of interest that emer...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1080/08989620590957229Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-25 18:19
- GMOs : The EU-US Dispute Over Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms and Foods
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Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case explores the controversy over genetically modified foods and organisms, and the differences in how the United States and the European Union have responded to public opinion, scientific evidence, and industry pressures in c...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.umass.edu/sts/ethics/gmo.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-31 13:54
- Biological Terrorism
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Authors: Providence College, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ; Cornely, Kathleen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the weeks following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, anthrax-laced envelopes were mailed to individuals in government and the news media. Thousands were treated for exposure, a...
Year: 2005
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=188&id=188Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:46
- Counting Sheep : Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Lions in the American West
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Authors: Clark, Elizabeth ; Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students hear arguments on both sides of a debate over wildlife management and must integrate ethical and scientific perspectives to formulate their own opinions. The case as written is most appropriate for an en...
Year: 2009
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=419&id=419Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:47
- Closing the Gap : Antiretroviral Therapy for the Developing World
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Authors: Pals-Rylaarsdam, Robin ; Benedictine University, Department of Biological Science
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this problem-based learning/role playing case, students apply their knowledge of the biology of HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy to developing foreign aid policy for the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. The case was crea...
Year: 2003
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=426&id=426Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:46
- Rabbit Calicivirus Disease - Magic Bullet or Pandora's Box
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Authors: Fortier, Gary M. ; Delaware Valley University, Department of Animal Biotechnology and Conservation
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The characters in this dilemma case, representing the scientific community and government, must make a decision about whether or not to release a virulent pathogen into the environment in order to control the rapidly expanding popul...
Year: 2002
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=338&id=338Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:49
- SNPs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and That’s What People are Made of …
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Authors: Walser-Kuntz, Debby ; Deel, Sarah ; Singer, Susan R. ; Carleton College, Department of Biology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case on genome privacy, students work together to research one of six assigned lobbying groups’ views in this area and then present their groups’ positions before a mock meeting of a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommitte...
Year: 2005
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=337&id=337Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50
