PA12B:
Geoethics and Scientific Integrity: The Keys to Advancing the Geosciences and a Healthy Planet

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Session ID#: 14741

Session Description:
Geoscience directly influences the sustainability and health of the Earth; it must be conducted with the highest standards of integrity and ethics.  Geoscientist’s research elucidates many issues with significant ethical, social, and economic implications. Considering such risks as natural hazards, climate change, resource extraction, and the environmental impact of chemical and atmospheric elements; there is a clear need to develop ethical frameworks within which geoscientists can conduct their research, education, and communication.  The session’s goal is to discuss these frameworks, examining both theoretical and practical aspects of Geoethics and scientific integrity. We will explore the most recent advances in research on scientific integrity and Geoethics education, the ethics of publishing and data access, and will feature both the new report on Responsible Science from the National Academy of Sciences and new AGU/Wiley Scientific Integrity and Geoethics book.  We invite contributions on advances in scientific integrity and Geoethics, including case studies.
Primary Convener:  Linda C Gundersen, Retired USGS, Ocean View, DE, United States
Conveners:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States, Cindy M Palinkas, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab, Cambridge, MD, United States and Vincent S Cronin, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
Chairs:  Cindy M Palinkas, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab, Cambridge, MD, United States, Linda C Gundersen, Retired USGS, Ocean View, DE, United States, Vincent S Cronin, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States and Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Linda C Gundersen, Retired USGS, Ocean View, DE, United States
Index Terms:

0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6615 Legislation and regulations [PUBLIC ISSUES]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Ethics Instruction for Future Geoscientists: Essential for Contributions to Good Public Policy (154456)
David W. Mogk, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
Infusing Geoethics One Geoscience Course at a Time (195354)
Vincent S Cronin, Baylor University, Geosciences, Waco, TX, United States
The New Landscape of Ethics and Integrity in Scholarly Publishing (161314)
Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
How to Write a Reproducible Paper (125725)
Damien Brent Irving, CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia
Embedding Scientific Integrity and Ethics into the Scientific Process and Research Data Lifecycle (137055)
Linda C Gundersen, Retired USGS, Ocean View, DE, United States
Using Data Maturity Metrics to Help Insure Scientific Integrity (163005)
John J Bates, Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States
What Next? Translating AGI’s 2015 Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct into Practice (133998)
Maeve A Boland and Chris Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
Trends In Geoscience Professional Ethics Indicated By National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG®) Surveys of The Practicing Profession (121698)
John W Williams, National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG), Douglasville, GA, United States and Jack L Warner, Test Inc, Parker, CO, United States
Science for the Public Good: Tackling scientific integrity in the federal government (133910)
Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Michael Halpern, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States and Charise Johnson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States

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