We present a searchable repository of codes of ethics and standards in health informatics. It is built using state-of-the-art search algorithms and technologies. The repository will be potentially beneficial for public health practitioners, researchers, and software developers in finding and comparing ethics topics of interest. Public health clinics, clinicians, and researchers can use the repo...

In the late 1960s Van Rensselaer Potter, a biochemist and cancer researcher, thought that our survival was threatened by the domination of military policy makers and producers of material goods ignorant of biology. He called for a new field of Bioethics—“a science of survival.” Bioethics did develop, but with a narrower focus on medical ethics. Recently there have been attempts to broaden that ...

In many household surveys, geographically clustered households report unit values of foods, which when corrected for quality effects and for measurement error, indicate the underlying spatial variation in prices, and can be matched to variation in demand patterns so as to estimate price elasticities. A 1979 household survey from the Cote d'Ivoire is used to estimate price elasticities for beef,...

BACKGROUND Food additives are an integral part of the modern food system, but opinion polls showing most Europeans have worries about them imply an urgent need for ethical analysis of their use. SOURCES OF DATA The existing literature on food ethics, safety assessment and animal testing. AREAS OF AGREEMENT Food additives provide certain advantages in terms of many people's lifestyles. ARE...

Development of the profit-oriented food enterprises, growing consumers’ expectations and concerns as regards food quality and safety, as well as increasing requirements of food chain actors, forced many companies to improve safety and quality of their products through implementation of the quality and safety assurance and management systems. This chapter attempts to discuss the problem outlined...

While improvement in agricultural technology had enabled the production of abundant food, it has thus far failed to eliminate hunger. Malnutrition is expected to reach an all time high. Evidences have suggested that animal based diet has put immense pressure on the already fragile food system, contributing to problems in terms of global food security, health security, and environmental sustaina...

Background: The emergence of the subject of marketing professional ethics has left the understanding of the role of this factor in the main consequences of marketing unclear and unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of professional ethics training of marketers on customer loyalty of top food company. Method: This study was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental ...