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"The time for a first book on Geoethics has come. The faster, greedier pace of society and globalization demands it. The comfortable life of scholars in the ivory tower is coming to a rude awakening. People demand understandable information on geo-hazards, judges condemn scientist and engineers for lack of communication, indigenous people rise in anger accusing experts of misleading them, attempts to avoid transparency in developments still exist, the helplessness of technology to deal with nuclear waste becomes more evident every day and nature exposes shortcuts in constructing critical facilities with her own awesome force. Less dramatic, but damaging the credibility of the scientific community is the rising number of cases of plagiarism, made easy by the electronic world of communication. In addition, the community of geoscientists needs to become aware of subtle ways in which our work can be useless for or even misleading the public"-- Provided by publisher.

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FrontCover; Geoethics; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I -PHILOSOPHICALREFLECTIONS; Chapter 1 -- The Meaning of Geoethics; THE BIRTH OF GEOETHICS; WHAT IS GEOETHICS?; ISSUES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOETHICS; AN ETYMOLOGICAL STARTING POINT: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; RESPONSIBILITY OF GEOSCIENTISTS; AN ETHICAL COMMITMENT: THE GEOSCIENTIST'S PROMISE; OUTLOOK AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE; CONCLUSIONS: QUESTIONS FOR A PUBLIC DEBATE ON GEOETHICS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- Geoethics: Reenvisioning Applied Philosophy; PART I: THE PLACE OF ETHICS.

PART II: GEOETHICS, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKINGPART III: A NEW ROLE FOR ETHICISTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 -- The Imperative of Sustainable Development: Elements of an Ethics of Using Georesources Responsibly; CHALLENGE; MAKING THE VISION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES RELEVANT TO GEOETHICS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS FOR GEOTECHNOLOGIES AND GEOSCIENCES; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 -- Ethics of Disaster Research; OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM; INTERFERENCE WITH DISASTER-RELATED ACTIVITIES; DISASTER RESEARCH OUTCOMES; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES.

Chapter 5 -- Toward an Inclusive Geoethics-Commonalities of Ethics in Technology, Science, Business, and EnvironmentDOMAIN AND CHALLENGES OF GEOETHICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATION-ORIENTED ETHICS AND THE T�UBINGEN APPROACH TO ETHICS IN THE SCIENCES; CASES AND FIELDS OF GEOETHICS; OUTLOOK: GEOETHICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- Humans' Place in Geophysics: Understanding the Vertigo of Deep Time; DENIALISM IN SCIENCE; DISCUSSION: COUNTERINTUITIVE SCIENCE AND OUR TELEOLOGICAL MINDS; HOW CAN ONE ANSWER DENIALISM IN SCIENCE?; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES.

Section II -GEOSCIENCECOMMUNITYChapter 7 -- Research Integrity: The Bedrock of the Geosciences; INTRODUCTION; SOME FAMOUS GEOSCIENCE CASES; THE WORLD CONFERENCES ON RI AND THEIR OUTCOMES; THE SINGAPORE STATEMENT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 -- Formulating the American Geophysical Union's Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics Policy: Challenges and Lessons Learned; INTRODUCTION; BUILDING THE AGU SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS POLICY; CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN EVALUATING AND RESOLVING SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS.

IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND A POSITIVE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTCONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 -- Ethical Behavior in Relation to the Scholarly Community: A Discussion on Plagiarism; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION OF PLAGIARISM; THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF PLAGIARISM; THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF PLAGIARISM; DETECTING PLAGIARISM; SELF-PLAGIARISM; THE ROLES OF ETHICS AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; REFERENCES; Section III -THE ETHICS OF PRACTICE; Chapter 10 -- When Scientific Evidence is not Welcome ... ; Chapter 11 -- Mmax: Ethics of the Maximum Credible Earthquake; INTRODUCTION.