SGR has published ten booklets/briefings as part of its project work on ethical careers in science and technology. We have also published articles and given presentations. The main outputs are listed here, while all material is indexed in the Resources section of this website. From 2020, this work continues via the Globally Responsible Careers project.
Booklets and briefings
Career choice and the chemical industry
Anne Chapman; October 2006
Critical Paths: 12 inspiring cases of ethical careers in science and technology
Stuart Parkinson and Vanessa Spedding (editors); April 2006
Corporations and career choice in science and technology
Stuart Parkinson; January 2006
Scientists or soldiers? Career choice, ethics and the military
Chris Langley; January 2006
Unscrambling a space career from military forces
David Webb; April 2004
Your career and sustainable development
Philip Webber; December 2003
Career choice and climate change
Stuart Parkinson; March 2003
Cleaner technologies: a positive choice
Tim Foxon; March 2003
Career choice, ethics and animal experimentation
Gill Langley; March 2003 (produced in association with Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research )
An ethical career in science and technology? (Introductory booklet)
Stuart Parkinson and Vanessa Spedding (editors); summer 2001
Main presentations
Finding an Ethical Career in Science and Technology (pdf; 4.7MB)
Stuart Parkinson, IT course lecture, Birmingham University, 18 February 2011
Finding an Ethical Career in Science, Design and Technology (ppt; 0.8MB)
Stuart Parkinson, Nottingham University, 17 February 2009
Finding an Ethical Career in Science, Design And Technology
Stuart Parkinson, SGR conference workshop, October 2006
Ethical Careers for Geologists?
Tim Foxon, Cambridge University Geology Society seminar, February 2004
Tackling Climate Change - the Role of the Engineer
Stuart Parkinson, UK Women's Engineering Society annual conference, September 2003
Main articles
Engineers and social responsibility: the big issues
Stuart Parkinson, UNESCO engineering report, p44-47; 14 October 2010
How many experts does it take to switch students on to science?
Vanessa Spedding, Science and Public Affairs, p27; September 2007
From Pesticides to Permaculture: Journey of a Plant Pathologist
Caroline Smith, SGR Newsletter, no. 29, July 2004
Embrace The Ethical Dimension
Stuart Parkinson, Physics World, April 2004
Examples of media coverage
Ethical careers for graduates — and how to get them
The Guardian (web chat), 2 July 2010
Ethical scientists championed
The Herald, 11 April 2006
Moral Maze
The Guardian, 7 January 2006
Get paid for saving the world
Daily Telegraph, 31 January 2004
Join in the green team dream
The Guardian, 14 June 2003
Way out of a moral maze
The Times, 29 May 2003
Need support from like-minded scientists?
SGR supports scientists who are facing ethical pressures and dilemmas in their work. By joining SGR you will have access to hundreds of like-minded and supportive colleagues many of whom may have had similar experiences and may be able to help.
Funding
SGR is grateful to the following for providing funding for this work: Body Shop Foundation; Cobb Charity; Friends Provident Life Office; Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation; Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust; Martin Ryle Trust; Scurrah Wainwright Charity.
