Title: A life-cycle approach to biotechnology ethics

Authors: Marc A. Saner

Addresses: Institute on Governance, 122 Clarence St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 5P6, Canada

Abstract: Increasingly, government officials are asked to take ethical considerations into account during regulatory decision-making and especially in the case of biotechnology products. It is also clear, however, that ethical issues arise throughout the planning, production and use of these products (i.e. the entire product life cycle) rather than just during the regulatory step. In this paper it is argued that the ethical issues should be considered throughout the product life cycle.

Keywords: biotechnology ethics; classification; product life cycle; risk management; regulatory decision making; risk assessment; regulation; ethical considerations.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.011991

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 2007 Vol.7 No.3, pp.431 - 443

Published online: 07 Jan 2007 *

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