Trust in expert knowledge in medicine and Technoscience. A meeting with Silvia Camporesi
We addressed these issues with Silvia Camporesi who from the starting point of the publication of extracts from the Investigating Trust in Expert Knowledge International Conference published in a special issue of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, held a symposium at the Bassetti Foundation on 27 February 2017. We share videos, photos, slides and other material. - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 March 2017 Permalink
Leggi in Italiano
Read also: the presentation of the meeting and Game-changing innovations and responsibility. A dialogue with David Guston.
Categories Bioethics, Ethics, Innovation and politics, Lecture, Politics, Responsibility and Science
INSS Annual Conference Report
The INSS Third Annual Conference took place this year between April 9th and 10th, with Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins attending the London site. This year's conference was held over 5 sites, in an attempt to make the event as sustainable as possible by cutting down on travel for the participants. - More
by Redazione FGB, 7 May 2015 Permalink
Read also: Integrated Network for Social Sustainability
Civil Society in Research and Innovation: What's next?
The Foundation recently participated in the Civil Society in Research and Innovation: What's next? Event at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. The event was promoted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the CONSIDER project (Civil society organisations in designing research governance) - More
by Redazione FGB, 19 March 2015 Permalink
Read also: EST-Frame Final Conference Report and A Review of the INSS meeting
The European Business Ethics Network Conference
The German Network for Business Ethics (DNWE) recently organized the annual conference for its European Organisation: The European Business Ethics Network - EBEN. The conference took place in Berlin from the 12th to the 14th of June 2014, and was located in the ESTM European School of Management and Technology. - More
by Alessandro Blasimme, Virginia Sanchini, 8 July 2014 Permalink
Pastor Adam Mabry in Conversation
Many of the debates surrounding the issues that we address at the Bassetti Foundation could relate in some way to a lack of absolutism. An individual must make moral and ethical decisions without a black and white idea of right and wrong (in the biblical sense). Conversations surrounding this idea led me to take up an interest in the religious teaching of ethics. - More
by Jonathan Hankins, 12 July 2013 Permalink
Categories Ethics, Innovation and Responsibility
Experiments Without Borders? Ethical and Participatory Approaches to New Technologies
Sheila Jasanoff delivered the BIOS Annual Lecture chaired by Nikolas Rose at the London School of Economics. The title parallels some of the issues that have been recently discussed by the Giannino Bassetti Foundation's web-site about 'Science, Politics & Responsibility'. - More
by Redazione FGB, 26 November 2006 Permalink


Categories Ethics
On the Governance of International Business Standards, a letter by Sunil Bedi
I have been concerned about governance of international business standards. Here are my thoughts: The article raised issues that will become increasingly significant in defining international commerce and related exchanges.... - More
by Redazione FGB, 13 April 2004 Permalink
