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

这笔赠款帮助支持美国地质学会(GSA)在韦尔奇斯(Mt.俄勒冈州)。联合赞助商包括GSA、美国石油地质学家协会(AAPG)、美国专业地质学家学会(AIPG)和美国地质调查局(USGS)。这次会议最多有100名受邀和自愿参加的人参加。绝大多数是地球科学家，但主要参与者包括代表学术、政府和私营部门的哲学家、伦理学家、律师、法官、规划者和记者。会议的主要目标是促进地球科学界就伦理问题进行对话，并为收集和传播有关这些问题的信息制定一个框架。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制度的类型、对道德行为的文化控制、案例记录、职业认证和道德框架中的执行问题、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手段。会议的作用是召集一个跨学科小组，作为未来促进道德意识的催化剂，以及会议成果的传播者和实施者。召集人将提交会议报告，以便以其组织和表示有兴趣的其他人的文献发表。还应举办后续专题讨论会，并在地球科学组织的网站上张贴信息。

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.