Other Links
Susan Illingworth
The internet is a good way to get a general idea of how case studies are used in ethics learning and teaching. Many of them are intended for others to use but before making use of these resources in your own teaching materials please consult the terms and conditions of the individual websites.
We would welcome any comments on suitable additions to these pages.
Other Subject Centre Resources on Ethics
UK Government Sites
Moral Theory
Medical/Healthcare Ethics
Research Ethics
Bioethics
Science and Engineering
Other Resources in Ethics
University Departments Specialising in Applied/Professional Ethics
Other Subject Centre Resources on Ethics
Bioscience (http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/projects/ethics)
Health Science & Practice Ethics Special Interest Group. (http://pc32-14.hsp.kcl.ac.uk/
phorum/list.php?f=7)
Information and Computer Sciences. (http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/ethics/)
Law (http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/research/ethics.html)
Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine: (http://www.ltsn-01.ac.uk/resources/
ethics_teaching/)
mhhe (Mental Health in Higher Education). (http://www.mhhe.ltsn.ac.uk/)
UK Government Sites
The Human Rights Act. An act designed to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights. (The Human Rights Act http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/
acts1998/19980042.htm and European Convention on Human Rights http://www.hri.org/docs/ECHR50.html)
Department of Constitutional Affairs. Has responsibility for ensuring the successful implementation of the Human Rights Act (1998). (http://www.dca.gov.uk/hract/hramenu.htm)
SHOW (Scotland's Health on the Web). Online health information provided by NHS Scotland. The site includes sections on research governance. (http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/cso/)
Research Ethics Committees in Wales. Covered by the Wales Officer for Research and Development for Health and Social Care. (http://www.word.wales.gov.uk/content/ethics/index-e.htm)
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Protects and promotes human rights in Northern Ireland. (http://www.nihrc.org/)
Home Office Guidance on the Use of Animals in scientific procedures. (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/comrace/animals/)
GAfREC (NHS Governance arrangements for NHS Research Ethics Committees). (http://www.doh.gov.uk/research/
documents/gafrec.doc)
COREC (Central Office for Research Ethics Committees). Coordinates and manages the network of LRECs (Local Research Ethics Committees) and MRECs (Multicentre Research Ethics Committees. (http://www.corec.org.uk/index.htm)
HSE (Health and Safety Executive). Has a Research Ethics Committee for research into occupational health issues. (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/ethics/)
HGC (Human Genetics Commission). Advisory body on the impact of new developments in human genetics on people and on health care. (http://www.hgc.gov.uk/)
GTAC (Gene Therapy Advisory Committee). Advises on the ethical acceptability of proposals for gene therapy research on human subjects. Advises UK Health Ministers on developments in gene therapy research and their implications. (http://www.doh.gov.uk/genetics/gtac/)
HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. The regulatory body for embryonic stem cell research in the UK. (http://www.hfea.gov.uk/Research)
UKXIRA (United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority). Provides advice to the Secretaries of State for Health, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales on the actions needed to regulate xenotransplantation. (http://www.doh.gov.uk/ukxira/)
Moral Theory
AME (Association for Moral Education). Provides an interdisciplinary forum for professionals interested in the moral dimensions of educational theory and practice, with a useful section on related links. (http://www.amenetwork.org/links/)
BSET (British Society for Ethical Theory). Runs conferences, encourages the online exchange of information and publishes a list of members and their research interests. (http://www.shef.ac.uk/%7Ephil/
staff/lenman/BSET.htm)
CAAE (Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics. Part of the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon. Pursues research in applied ethics and ethics education. Has a useful online guide to ethics and moral philosophy. (http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/80130/)
Centre for Medical Genetics and Policy (University of Cambridge). Provides a focus for disciplines with a shared interest in genetics. (http://www.cmgp.org.uk/)
CSEP (Centre for the Study of Ethics in the Professions). Has a useful online resource on professional codes of ethics. (http://www.iit.edu/departments/
csep/PublicWWW/codes/)
Ethics Updates: A comprehensive resource for moral theory and applied ethics maintained by the University of San Diego, designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. (http://ethics.sandiego.edu/index.html)
pemh (The Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health). Looks at the nature of philosophical problems in mental health. (http://www.pemh.co.uk/)
Medical/Healthcare Ethics
General
UK Clinical Ethics Network (http://www.ethics-network.org.uk/)
ASME (The Association for the Study of Medical Education). An on-line journal of interest to learners, teachers and researchers in healthcare education. (http://www.asme.org.uk/frames_asme.htm)
Healthcare Ethics websites. Links to healthcare ethics websites provided by Health Centre. (http://www.healthcentre.org.uk/hc/pages/ethics.htm)
Health Ethics Today: A publication of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta. (http://www.ualberta.ca/BIOETHICS/page2.html)
Medicine
WMA (World Medical Association). Its Ethics Unit has a section on Medical Education which serves as 'a clearinghouse of information on medical ethics education and as a networking centre for medical ethics educators'. (http://www.wma.net/e/ethicsunit/education.htm)
Commat (Commonwealth Medical Trust) (http://www.commat.org)
GMC (General Medical Council). Provides ethical guidance regarding the duties of a doctor. (http://www.gmc-uk.org/standards/default.htm). Also has an online version of Tomorrow's doctors: Recommendations on undergraduate medical education (February 2003). (http://www.gmc-uk.org/med_ed/tomdoc.htm)
BMJ (British Medical Journal). Collections of articles including a section on ethics. (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/collections/)
BMA (British Medical Association). The BMA's medical ethics committee produces reports, codes of practice and discussion documents on topical issues such as genetic technology, euthanasia, and organ donation. (http://www.bma.org.uk/
ap.nsf/Content/__Hub+ethics)
Mental Health
mhhe (Mental Health in Higher Education). (http://www.mhhe.ltsn.ac.uk/)
MHA (Mental Health Alliance). Provides resources on law, ethics and public policy. (http://www.mentalhealthlawyers.com/
1024%20resolution%20Page
%205%20LawEthics.htm)
The Mental Health Foundation. Site run by a UK charity working in mental health and learning disabilities. (http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/)
Nursing & Midwifery
The Peach Report. The UKCC Commission for Nursing and Midwifery Education's report on Fitness for Practice, chaired by Sir Leonard Peach. (http://www.nmc-uk.org/nmc/main/
publications/fitnessForPractice.pdf)
RCN Ethics Forum. Highlights and debates ethics issue within nursing and liaises with external health care bodies. (http://www.rcn.org.uk/specialisms/ethics.php)
Nursing Ethics: online resources for Boston College School of Nursing. (http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/son/
ethics/ethicsmain.html)
Medical Research
Consensus Statement. Statement by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh based on the Joint Consensus Conference on Misconduct in Biomedical Research (1999). (http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/esd/
consensus/misconduct_99.html)
Schoolscience. Resources aimed at secondary education but may be of use for introductory modules in ethics. (http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/
content/5/biology/mrc/trials/
page3.html)
Others
Centre for Medical Genetics and Policy (University of Cambridge). Provides a focus for disciplines with a shared interest in genetics. (http://www.cmgp.org.uk/)
Health Informatics. The British Computer Society handbook for Health Informatics Professionals. (http://www.health-informatics.org/
hic/ethicsbk/)
IPEPH (International Programme for Ethics, Public Health and Human Rights ) provided by The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/
pehru/ipeph/home.html)
Dental Ethics. A US-based site which offering resources to facilitate research in dental ethics. (http://www.dentalethics.net/)
Pharmacy Ethics. Applet, the Pharmacy Law & Ethics Resource Centre contains teaching materials and resources, designed by a consortium of Schools of Pharmacy - Nottingham, Aston and De Montfort. (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/applet/)
End of Life Issues. This is a specialist website dealing with issues such as euthanasia and living wills. (http://www.endoflifeissues.org.uk/)
Christian Medical Fellowship: resource on medical ethics with a Christian perspective. (http://www.cmf.org.uk)
Medical Assisstant page on medical ethics resources. (http://www.medical-assistant.net/ethics)
Research Ethics
Triage (Trent Research Information Access Gateway). Links to online resources on medical research ethics (http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/
academic/R-Z/scharr/triage/index/ethics.htm#general)
BBSRC The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council : Statement on Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice. (http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/overview/good_practice.pdf)
MRC (Medical Research Council). Offers guidance on ethics and best practice. (http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index/
public-interest/public-ethics_and_best_practice.htm)
Use of Animals in Research
Home Office Guidance on the Use of Animals in scientific procedures. (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/comrace/animals/)
AWIC. Animal welfare and ethics resources for youth and college agricultural educators maintained by the United States National Agricultural Library. (http://www.nal.usda.gov/
awic/pubs/ethics.htm)
ANZCCART(NZ) (Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching). Seeks to promote effective communication and co- operation between all those concerned with the care and use of animals in research and teaching. (http://www.rsnz.govt.nz/advisory/anzccart/)
Using Animals in Science. Resource is prepared jointly by ANZCCART(NZ) and the Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre at Massey University in New Zealand. (http://anzccart.rsnz.govt.nz/)
CAAT (The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing). Works to find new methods to replace the use of laboratory animals in experiments, reduce the number of animals tested, and refine necessary tests to eliminate pain and distress. (http://caat.jhsph.edu/)
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Provides principles for the ethical care and use of animals. (http://www.nalusda.gov/awic/
legislat/nasa.htm)
Bioethics
Biosciences Federation. Promotes liaison, dialogue and interactions within the diverse community of bioscientists on common issues that relate to research and teaching. (http://www.bsf.ac.uk/default.htm)
Bioethics Today - an Electronic Bioethics Resource for the United Kingdom (http://www.bioethics-today.org/)
BIOME Provides access to a range of internet resources in Biomedical Ethics. (http://bioethicsweb.ac.uk/browse/
mesh/detail/C0282570L0390722.html)
NHGRI (National Human Genome Research Institute). Has a detailed section on their ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications) Research Program. (http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001618)
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics. An independent body established by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation in 1991 to consider the ethical issues arising from developments in medicine and biology. (http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/home/)
Egenis (ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society). The ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council) website is concerned with the meaning and social implications of contemporary genomic science. (http://www.ex.ac.uk/egenis/)
Schoolscience. Resources aimed at secondary education but may be of use for introductory modules in ethics. (http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/
5/biology/mrc/15/page1.html)
Centre for Medical Genetics and Policy (University of Cambridge). Provides a focus for disciplines with a shared interest in genetics. (http://www.cmgp.org.uk/)
CeBRA (Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment). A range of online resources is provided. (http://www.bioethics.kvl.dk/eindex.htm)
DEEB Ethics for Science Undergraduates. (Department of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow). (http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/DEEB/)
ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Code of Ethics. (http://www.asbmb.org/asbmb/s
ite.nsf/Sub/CodeofEthics?opendocument)
The Wellcome Trust - resources plus further online links. (http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
collections/current_ethics.shtml)
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: online teaching resources and guide to bioethics. (http://www.woodrow.org/
teachers/bi/1992/)
Science and Engineering
Onlineethics: An online ethics centre for engineering and science. (http://onlineethics.org/)
The Chemist's Code of Conduct, from the online ethics centre for Engineering and Science (http://onlineethics.org/codes/ACScode.html)
BUBL: Resources on research ethics in science and engineering. (http://bubl.ac.uk/link/r/researchethics.htm)
Teaching Chemical Ethics: online guide for the university teacher or laboratory manager who wants to incorporate research ethics education into his or her course(s). (http://www.lib.duke.edu/chem/ethics/)
University of Aberdeen: Publishes an electronic journal of philosophy and technology, Ends and Means. (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/philosophy/endsandmeans/)
Others Resources in Ethics
Global Ethics examines the ethical issues arising in the context of globalisation. (http://www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk/)
Military Ethics (USA Joint Services Professional Ethics Conference). (http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/)
INSEIT (International Society for Ethics and Information Technology). Provides an online newsletter. (http://csethics.uis.edu/inseit/)
The Canadian Resource for Business Ethics (http://www.businessethics.ca/)
Marylhurst University Businss Ethics Resource Guide (http://onlinedegrees.marylhurst.edu/the-business-ethics-resource-guide/)
Ethics Resources and News (http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/ethics-news-resources)
University Departments Specialising in Applied Ethics
If your University's applied/professional ethics department is not on this list then please let us know.
Bristol: Centre for Ethics in Medicine. (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/
Depts/Ethics/CEM/)
Cardiff: Centre for Applied Ethics. (http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/sections/cae/)
Central Lancashire: Centre for Professional Ethics. (http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/health/ethics/)
Federal University of Surrey: Centre for Applied & Professional Ethics. (http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/bss/cape/)
Imperial College, London: Medical Ethics Unit. (http://wwwfom.sk.med.ic.ac.uk/
med/about/divisions/pcphs/
phcgp/medethic/)
Keele: PE@K (Professional Ethics at Keele). (http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ep/peak/)
King's College London, Centre of Medical Law & Ethics. (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/
law/research/cmle/)
Lancaster: Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy. (http://domino.lancs.ac.uk/ieppp/Home.nsf/)
Leeds: Centre for Business and Professional Ethics. (http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/
Links/1stpage.htm)
Oxford: Ethox (The Oxford Centre for Ethics and Communication in Health Care Practice). (http://www.ethox.org.uk/)
Oxford: Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. (http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk)
Manchester: School of Law Centre for Social Ethics and Policy. (http://les.man.ac.uk/law/research/csep.htm)
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University. (http://www.scu.edu/ethics/)
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University Bloomington. (http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/)
Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University. (http://philosophy.la.psu.edu/ethics/)
Sheffield: Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics. (http://www.shef.ac.uk/~sible/)
Warwick: Philosophy and the Ethics of Mental Health. (http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/
soc/philosophy/research/
philethmental/)
This page was originally on the website of The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies. It was transfered here following the closure of the Subject Centre at the end of 2011.
