Mario John R
Chemistry Section, Suffolk County Crime Laboratory, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA.
Forensic Sci Int. 2002 Feb 18;125(2-3):103-12. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(01)00645-4.
Continuing instances of ethical misconduct and recent advances in the practice of forensic science, the latter reflected by increased growth and professionalism, along with heightening public scrutiny, require that the profession be clear, current, and forthright about its core values. A way of expressing these values is through the codes of ethics of its professional membership organizations. Codes of ethics/conduct from 14 Anglo-American professional forensic membership organizations are reviewed for their clarity, construction, cogency, and the normative form of their provisions. Ethical precepts from the forensic codes reviewed are organized, in summary fashion, by obligation form and application context. Functions that professional codes have served in other professions are described. The codes are found to vary considerably. Some provisions are unclear, and most of the codes are less than comprehensive. There is very little guidance for application of ethical obligations in any of the codes reviewed. Suggestions for redesign, with a partial example, are provided.
持续出现的道德失范行为以及法医学实践的最新进展（后者表现为不断增长的规模和专业性），再加上公众监督的日益加强，要求该行业明确、及时且坦率地阐明其核心价值观。表达这些价值观的一种方式是通过其专业会员组织的道德准则。对14个英美专业法医学会员组织的道德准则/行为规范进行了审查，评估其清晰度、结构、说服力以及条款的规范形式。所审查的法医准则中的道德戒律按义务形式和应用背景进行了简要整理。描述了专业准则在其他行业所发挥的作用。发现这些准则差异很大。一些条款不明确，而且大多数准则不够全面。在所审查的任何准则中，对于道德义务的应用几乎没有指导。提供了重新设计的建议，并给出了一个部分示例。
