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policyResponse to Request

Response to NSF’s Request for Information on Research Ethics

Date
November 22, 2024
Topics
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
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Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI related to research ethics, sharing lessons from their experience operating an ethical reflection process for research grants.

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Executive Summary

In this response to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) request for information related to research ethics, a group of scholars affiliated with Stanford HAI, Stanford’s McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, and Stanford’s Ethics and Society Review (ESR) share lessons drawn from their five years of experience operating the ESR ethical reflection process as a requirement for HAI research grants. They make the case for promoting ethical and societal reflection within NSF’s grantmaking and highlight the common ethical issues that arise as part of AI research reviews.

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Authors
  • Quinn Waeiss
    Quinn Waeiss
  • Raio Huang
    Raio Huang
  • Betsy Arlene Rajala
    Betsy Arlene Rajala
  • Michael S. Bernstein
    Michael S. Bernstein
  • Margaret Levi
    Margaret Levi
  • David Magnus
    David Magnus
  • Debra Satz
    Debra Satz

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