About the Ethics Committee

Vision

Chemical professionals will access dynamic resources to address ethical issues and to foster ethics training for future generations.

Goals

  • Develop and update a website and implement technology to support and enhance the activities of the Ethics Committee.
  • Increase ethics awareness among ACS members by reviewing and disseminating information and develop programs relevant to ethical issues in the chemical sciences.
  • Identify existing ethics materials and develop new content for use in educational programs at meetings and on the web.
  • Choose a timely ethical issue at each Ethics Committee meeting and develop a white paper or symposium on that issue for a subsequent National Meeting.

Subcommittees

  • Ethics Education
  • Ethics Awareness
  • Timely Ethical Issues
  • Technology