Conference on "Ethics in the Geosciences", July 16-21, 1997, Mt. Hood, Oregon

这笔资金用于支持美国地质学会（GSA）在俄勒冈州韦尔奇斯（胡德山）举行的“道德与地球科学家”总统会议的主要参与者的费用。协办单位包括GSA、美国石油地质学家协会（AAPG）、美国专业地质学家协会（AIPG）和美国地质调查局（USGS）。会议邀请和自愿参加的人数最多为100人。绝大多数是地球科学家，但主要参与者包括哲学家、伦理学家、律师、法官、规划师和记者，他们代表着学术界、政府和私营部门。会议的主要目标是促进地球科学界内部关于伦理问题的对话，并为收集和传播关于这些问题的资料制订一个框架。会议将强调如何培养和促进道德行为。讨论将确定和讨论道德体系的类型、对道德行为的文化控制、案例历史、职业认证和道德框架执行中的问题、道德准则和与之相关的法律问题，以及灌输、培养和传播道德行为的方法。会议的目的是组建一个跨学科小组，作为今后促进道德意识的催化剂，以及作为会议结果的传播者和执行者。召集人将提交会议报告，以便在其组织和其他表示有兴趣的组织的文献中发表。还应发展后续专题讨论会，并在地球科学组织的网站上发布信息。

This grant helps support expenses for key participants for this Geological Society of America (GSA) Presidential Conference on `Ethics and the Geoscientist` in Welches (Mt. Hood), Oregon. Co-sponsors are GSA, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The conference is for a maximum of 100 invited and voluntary participants. The great majority are geoscientists, but key participants include philosophers, ethicists, attorneys, judges, planners, and journalists, representing academic, governmental, and private sectors. The primary conference goals are to promote dialogue within the geosciences community on ethical issues and to develop a framework for assembly and dissemination of information on these issues. The conference will emphasize how to foster and promote ethical behavior. Discussions will identify and discuss types of ethical systems, cultural controls on ethical behavior, case histories, issues in professional certification and enforcement in an ethical framework, codes of ethics and legal concerns associated with them, and means of instilling, fostering, and communicating ethical behavior. The conference serves to assemble an interdisciplinary group to serve as catalysts in future promotion of ethical awareness, as well as disseminators and implementers for conference results. The conveners will submit conference reports for publication in the literature of their organizations and others who have expressed interest. Follow-up symposia and posting of information on the web sites of geoscience organizations should also develop.