Title: Write: Current Biotechnology Position Paper/ePortfolio
Course: BTEC-1000-301-302-303-F21 > Section: Global Ethics and Biotechnology

Module 5 Current Biotechnology Position Paper/ePortfolio

Instructions

By now you should have identified a particular type of biotechnology that interests you, and started doing some research. Now, create some form of media (e.g., essay, podcast, video, article) that explains the technology, its applications, and how its use or non-use will affect the global population. Because biotechnology is predominantly a tool of educated, wealthy populations, you must especially consider the effects on human (and non-human) populations that may not have the resources to use the technologies themselves, and those who might disagree with their use. Compare your concerns about the technology to an ethically problematic historical event.  This signature assignment must be uploaded to your eportfolio as part of the record of general education courses you have taken. In the textbox, submit a link to your ePortfolio and make sure that it is visible to me with my SLCC login, which means you do not password protect your site, rather choose the "Private within SLCC" option so that I can view your ePortfolio.

Objectives

- Describe a historical event in biotechnology that was ethically problematic.
- Discuss how socio-economic status, ethnicity, culture, and education levels affect access to beneficial biotechnology
- Communicate your opinion, informed by research, on a current biotechnology issue.
- Explain how biotechnology can both benefit and harm the global population.