Emerging Technologies, Law & Ethics and Center for Study of Law, Science and Technology at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2009 Winter;37(4):724-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2009.00443.x.
As policy makers struggle to develop regulatory oversight models for nanotechnologies, there are important lessons that can be drawn from previous attempts to govern other emerging technologies. Five such lessons are the following: (1) public confidence and trust in a technology and its regulatory oversight is probably the most important factor for the commercial success of a technology; (2) regulation should avoid discriminating against particular technologies unless there is a scientifically based rationale for the disparate treatment; (3) regulatory systems need to be flexible and adaptive to rapidly changing technologies; (4) ethical and social concerns of the public about emerging technologies need to be expressly acknowledged and addressed in regulatory oversight; and (5) international harmonization of regulation may be beneficial in a rapidly globalizing world.
当政策制定者努力为纳米技术制定监管监督模式时，可以从之前管理其他新兴技术的尝试中吸取重要经验。以下是五个这样的经验教训：（1）公众对技术及其监管监督的信心和信任可能是技术商业成功的最重要因素；（2）除非有基于科学的理由来区别对待，否则监管应避免歧视特定技术；（3）监管系统需要灵活和适应快速变化的技术；（4）监管监督中需要明确承认和解决公众对新兴技术的伦理和社会关注；（5）在全球化迅速发展的世界中，国际监管协调可能是有益的。
