From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration

In this paper, we discuss ethics integration and consider questions about evaluating the success of such efforts by reporting qualitative data from an interview study with researchers who were part of a ten-year, multi-institutional NSF-funded neural engineering research center with a multimodal eth...

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Main Authors: Paul A. Tubig, Timothy E. Brown, Darcy McCusker, Michelle Pham, Eran Klein, Sara Goering
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Responsible Innovation
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414493
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description In this paper, we discuss ethics integration and consider questions about evaluating the success of such efforts by reporting qualitative data from an interview study with researchers who were part of a ten-year, multi-institutional NSF-funded neural engineering research center with a multimodal ethics integration effort. Our analysis of these data highlights three key themes from scientific collaborators about the impact of ethics integration: (1) the development of an ethical culture and expectation for ethics integration throughout the research and design process; (2) the usefulness of offering different modes of ethics engagement to foster productive collaborations between ethicists and researchers; and (3) the fostering of ethics capacity development within scientists themselves. We also report on researchers’ perspectives on the challenges of measuring the effectiveness of ethics integration.
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spelling doaj-art-32c36f1143e34d529d0ec3a201cff1262025-07-10T18:42:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372024-12-0111110.1080/23299460.2024.2414493From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaborationPaul A. Tubig0Timothy E. Brown1Darcy McCusker2Michelle Pham3Eran Klein4Sara Goering5Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USADepartment of Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USACenter for Bioethics & Social Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAIn this paper, we discuss ethics integration and consider questions about evaluating the success of such efforts by reporting qualitative data from an interview study with researchers who were part of a ten-year, multi-institutional NSF-funded neural engineering research center with a multimodal ethics integration effort. Our analysis of these data highlights three key themes from scientific collaborators about the impact of ethics integration: (1) the development of an ethical culture and expectation for ethics integration throughout the research and design process; (2) the usefulness of offering different modes of ethics engagement to foster productive collaborations between ethicists and researchers; and (3) the fostering of ethics capacity development within scientists themselves. We also report on researchers’ perspectives on the challenges of measuring the effectiveness of ethics integration.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414493Embedded ethicsethics integrationneurotechnologycollaborationresearcher perspectives
spellingShingle Paul A. Tubig
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From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
Journal of Responsible Innovation
Embedded ethics
ethics integration
neurotechnology
collaboration
researcher perspectives
title From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
title_full From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
title_fullStr From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
title_full_unstemmed From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
title_short From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
title_sort from an ethics side dish to your modus operandi neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration
topic Embedded ethics
ethics integration
neurotechnology
collaboration
researcher perspectives
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414493
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