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.
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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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Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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Additional Information: | Series ISSN: 2052-062X, Working paper no. 39 |
Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Stakeholder Participation, Social Innovation, Participatory Research Ethics |
School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
Research Centres and Institutes: | Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck Centre for |
Depositing User: | Administrator |
Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2018 15:25 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2024 21:44 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/23945 |
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