Participatory ethics in biotech research decisions: identifying barriers to the adoption and implementation of participatory decision making in the biotech industry

Kehl, Leila Maria (2018) Participatory ethics in biotech research decisions: identifying barriers to the adoption and implementation of participatory decision making in the biotech industry. Working Paper. Birkbeck CIMR, London, UK.

Abstract

Today, the biotech industry faces severe stakeholder conflict due to a prevalent science-push paradigm. Participatory concepts offer an alternative to the current mode of stakeholder interaction. The established approaches, Community-based Participatory Research and Participatory Action Research, however, feature substantial shortcomings. By acknowledging these, Participatory Research Ethics (PRE) has been developed as a new framework. With its focus on ethics in research it is thought to facilitate the transition to stakeholder-oriented biotech organisations. A literature review and an explorative study point towards key benefits and barriers of the concept. Findings indicate that scepticism and suspicion against stakeholder inclusion, missing capabilities, management challenges and a negative stakeholder perception towards biotechnological advances are major barriers to the adoption of PRE. To overcome these, a step-by-step strategy was proposed. While it has been concluded that PRE and connected barriers require further investigation, the research makes an important contribution to literature on participatory research.

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