Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive

Jecker, Nancy S.; Ravitsky, Vardit; Ghaly, Mohammad; Bélisle-Pipon, Jean-Christophe; Atuire, Caesar

doi:10.1080/15265161.2023.2232748

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“…The initial steps towards an inclusive culture are 2-fold: (1) ascertain the underrepresented communities missing from a particular event; and (2) prioritise their inclusion by making meaningful changes in the organisation [41]. "Community" can have many meanings.…”

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“…Nevertheless, it is important to consider that these decisions can negatively impact local communities who would benefit from attending a location close to home [52]. This topic is covered in great detail in a paper [41] that critically explores the ethics of international conferencing and the decision to host the World Congress of Bioethics in Qatar [53]. Choosing the venue itself is an ongoing area of research, and we refer the reader to existing literature [7,8,54].…”

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Ten simple rules for pushing boundaries of inclusion at academic events

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PLoS Comput Biol

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Inclusion at academic events is facing increased scrutiny as the communities these events serve raise their expectations for who can practically attend. Active efforts in recent years to bring more diversity to academic events have brought progress and created momentum. However, we must reflect on these efforts and determine which underrepresented groups are being disadvantaged. Inclusion at academic events is important to ensure diversity of discourse and opinion, to help build networks, and to avoid academic siloing. All of these contribute to the development of a robust and resilient academic field. We have developed these Ten Simple Rules both to amplify the voices that have been speaking out and to celebrate the progress of many Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity practices that continue to drive the organisation of academic events. The Rules aim to raise awareness as well as provide actionable suggestions and tools to support these initiatives further. This aims to support academic organisations such as the Deep Learning Indaba, Neuromatch Academy, the IBRO-Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo, Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), Arabs in Neuroscience, FAIRPoints, and OLS (formerly Open Life Science). This article is a call to action for organisers to reevaluate the impact and reach of their inclusive practices.

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Ten simple rules for pushing boundaries of inclusion at academic events

Hall,

Kochin,

Carne

et al. 2024

PLoS Comput Biol

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Alcohol and the Medical Community: A Cocktail for Exclusion

Ellythy,

Michel,

Farkouh

et al. 2024

Hastings Center Report

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Alcohol is a class 1 carcinogen, and its use, at any level, is not safe for health. Despite this, alcohol remains strongly mixed into medical culture and is often served free at medical‐community events. This presents numerous ethical concerns. First, the funding of alcohol‐centered events by the medical community reinforces alcohol consumption as a coping mechanism for stress, perpetuates the perceived need for alcohol for socialization, and falsely implies that it is a safe substance. Additionally, the medical community is increasingly diverse, including Muslims, Mormons, those in recovery from substance use disorders, pregnant individuals, and individuals from homes and communities damaged by alcohol. Due to their moral or safety concerns, these individuals may miss opportunities to network and engage in professional development when alcohol is present. Therefore, alcohol acts as a barrier to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and can result in pernicious downstream effects for minority patient populations.

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Religion Welcome Here: A Pluriversal Approach to Religion and Global Bioethics

Jecker,

Atuire,

Ravitsky

et al. 2024

Bioethical Inquiry

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This paper sets forth and defends a pluriversal approach to religion in the context of an increasingly global bioethics. Section I introduces a pluriversal view as a normative technique for engaging across difference. A normative pluriversal approach sets five constraints: civility, change from within, justice, non-domination, and tolerance. Section II applies a pluriversal approach to religion. It argues that this approach is epistemically just, recognizes diverse standpoints, and represents a productive, preferred, way to tackle global bioethics concerns. Section II also considers an opposing viewpoint, which holds that religious perspectives have no place in bioethics. We show that this viewpoint would have adverse effects on bioethics publishing, conferencing, and training programmes. The paper concludes (in Section III) that bioethicists should engage with people who hold different worldviews, including religious worldviews, and should do so in accordance with pluriversal ethical constraints.

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Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive

Cited by 22 publications

References 33 publications

Ten simple rules for pushing boundaries of inclusion at academic events

Ten simple rules for pushing boundaries of inclusion at academic events

Alcohol and the Medical Community: A Cocktail for Exclusion

Religion Welcome Here: A Pluriversal Approach to Religion and Global Bioethics

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