2017 Volume 14 Pages 158-174
This paper analyzed role and current situation of academic societies for education for Responsible Research and Innovation （RRI）, considering the progress of discussions of RRI. Content analysis of guidelines, statements, and related documents of 52 academic societies in biological fields was conducted. As the result, there are mentions to Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues （ELSI） and science communication, on the other hand, there a few mentions to several important contents of RRI related to inclusion such as “sense for the minorities and the handicapped” and “antidiscrimination”. At the same time, there are few discussions on dual use. It seems that this lack of viewpoints of RRI have same root of narrow understanding of broad impacts of research activities among scholars. We should consider these current situations into future discussions of RRI education.
