2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 61
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 337 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T72. Ethics of Geoscience in Practice and Application

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; International Association for the Promotion of Geoethics (IAPG); National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Society of Economic Geologists
Cindy Palinkas and Vincent S. Cronin, Session Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
GEOETHICS IN CANADA: EXAMINING DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
BOBROWSKY, Peter, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada, PEPPOLONI, Silvia, INGV-Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, via di Vigna Murata 605, Rome, 00143, Italy and DI CAPUA, Giuseppe, IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, 00143, Italy, pbobrows@nrcan.gc.ca
1:45 PM
GEOSCIENCE PROFESSIONAL ETHICS TRENDS INDICATED BY NATIONAL ASSOCATION OF STATE BOARDS OF GEOLOGY (ASBOG®) SURVEYS
WILLIAMS, John W., National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG), P.O. Box 5219, 6000 Stewart Parkway, Douglasville, GA 30154 and WARNER, Jack L., TEST, Inc, 12594-B E. Pacific Circle, Aurora, CO 80014, john.williams@sjsu.edu
2:15 PM
HOW WILL NEVADA'S "HOMEOWNER'S PROTECTION ACT" OF 2015 AFFECT THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF FORENSIC GEOLOGISTS?
DYBEL, Bradley E., Laguna Geosciences, Inc., 31655 S. Coast Hwy., Suite A, Laguna Beach, CA 92651, bdybel03@gmail.com
2:30 PM
IMPLICATIONS OF GEOLOGIC LICENSURE
BLAUVELT, Robert P., GEI Consultants, 1 Greenwood Ave, Suite 210, Montclair, NJ 07042, rblauvelt@geiconsultants.com
2:45 PM
SHOOTING THE MESSENGER: HOW THE OPPOSITION TO FRACKING NOW DEALS WITH SCIENTIFIC FACTS
SIEGEL, Donald I., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geological Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, disiegel@syr.edu
3:00 PM
GEOETHICS: SENSING THE TENSION BETWEEN THE WAY THE WORLD IS AND THE WAY IT SHOULD BE – IN OUR CLASSROOM
LUTZ, Tim, Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, 720 S Church St, West Chester, PA 19383, tlutz@wcupa.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
CAN WE TEACH ETHICAL THINKING?
PERKINS, Dexter, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, MS 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358, dexter.perkins@engr.und.edu
3:45 PM
A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR INTRODUCING ETHICS TO GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS IN THEIR UNDERGRADUATE YEARS
BANK, Carl-Georg, Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Russell St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada and RYAN, Anne Marie, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, charly.bank@utoronto.ca
4:00 PM
EMBEDDING ELEMENTS OF GEOETHICS IN AN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY LAB COURSE
CRONIN, Vincent S., IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, 00143, Italy; Geology Department, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu
4:15 PM
USING PRACTICAL COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS TO INFUSE ETHICS INTO GEOSCIENCE CURRICULUM
LEVINE, Norman, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 and KAUFMAN, Charlie, South Carolina Emergency Management Division, West Columbia, SC 29172; South Carolina Emergency Management Department, State of South Carolina, 2779 Fish Hatchery Road,, West Columbia, SC 29172, levinen@cofc.edu
4:30 PM
GEOETHICS 101:  A COURSE FOR GEOSCIENCE MAJORS AND NON-MAJORS
MOGK, David W., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, mogk@montana.edu
4:45 PM
SOME EXAMPLES OF THE INCORPORATION OF GEOETHICS IN UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE AND GEOSCIENCE CURRICULA
GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, ROC21, Richardson, TX 75080, geissman@utdallas.edu
5:00 PM
HOW TO MAKE GEOETHICS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR SOCIETY: THE IAPG NETWORK
PALINKAS, Cindy1, CRONIN, Vincent S.2, DI CAPUA, Giuseppe3 and PEPPOLONI, Silvia3, (1)Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613; IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, 00143, Italy, (2)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354; IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, 00143, Italy, (3)INGV-Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, via di Vigna Murata 605, Rome, 00143, Italy; IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, 00143, Italy, cpalinkas@hpl.umces.edu
5:15 PM
GEOMEDIA-WEB: AN ITALIAN MULTIMEDIA NETWORK FOR DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON GEORESOURCES AND HAZARDS
MAGAGNA, Alessandra, Department of Earh Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso, 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, LOZAR, Francesca, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso, 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, GIARDINO, Marco, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso, 35, Torino, I-10125, Italy, LOMBARDO, Vincenzo, Department of Informatics, Via Pessinetto, 12, Torino, 10149, Italy and PEROTTI, Luigi, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, alessandra.magagna@unito.it
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