As the scientific enterprise has grown into a globalized endeavor, training in the essential aspects of the scientific method and in best practices has also expanded globally, creating new learning opportunities for students and faculty. Along with the progress of globalization, the chemical community increasingly recognizes the need for institutionalized education in the ethics of science, alongside training in the discipline-specific skills and techniques, at every stage of research-career progression in the STEM fields. Resources, materials, and programs supporting education in the ethics of science have proliferated in tandem. Beyond the United States and Europe, interest in education in the ethics of science is growing worldwide, including in particular in countries with rapidly developing research communities in chemistry. In spite of this growing international attention to science ethics and education, the effectiveness of the educational materials and resources developed has yet to be systematically studied and doing so will require widely accepted outcome assessment devices. In this presentation, we distinguish between macro- and microethics and we will address options regarding the integration of science ethics instruction at various stages of undergraduate education in the discipline of chemistry.

Anchoring concepts content map (ACCM) for science ethics: Alignment with undergraduate education and a roadmap to ethics instruction

ACS Fall 2021

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