Crucial Guidance: A Code of Conduct for Biodefense Scientists

摘要

When representatives of up to 155 states-parties meet in Geneva from November 20 to December 8 to consider ways to strengthen the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), they are likely to express support for the promotion and creation of "codes of conduct." These ethical principles are intended to increase scientists' awareness and accountability and reduce the risk that biological research and development could be misused for biological weapons.