• Question: What do you have to take into consideration when you are working such as religious views or work ethics?

    Asked by Tomato to Ben, Lizzie, Francis, Max, Sian on 6 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Francis Man

      Francis Man answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      I am not religious so that doesn’t directly apply to me. Some of my colleagues are, I’ve have not noticed that it prevents them from doing anything in particular in their job.
      Ethics in general are a very important aspect of research. You have to ask yourself if your experiments are justified, if they are designed in a way that is the least harmful. That is especially true when you work with animals, or with human tissues (I use human blood for example). In these cases you have to have your studies approved by an Ethics Committee before you are allowed to experiment. And then you have to be objective when you analyse your results, you have to make sure that you are interpreting the results correctly rather than be influenced by something you might believe in, or something that you would like to be true.

    • Photo: Sian Richardson

      Sian Richardson answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      When working for a drug manufacturing company we have strict rules we have to follow to ensure we a manufacturing a product to the highest quality and safe for patients. This is called GMP – Good Manufacturing Practice, it ensures we have a good worth ethics. We are also audited regularly in order to sell our product around the world.

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