1. 1. Personal Reflections on the Roles and Responsibilities of Community/Non-Scientist/Unaffiliated Members Dahron Johnson AER 2014; Baltimore, MD
2. 2. The regs say: [were ] members whose primary concerns are in non- scientific areas, who are not otherwise affiliated with the institution, and who have a cultural background and sensitivity to community attitudes . . . Some IRBs (Canada in particular) even have boards where UA/NS (unaffiliated/non-scientists) constitute 25% of the [board], and define community members as people among whom risks are shared. Should there be specific types of community members present when a specific type of How diverse is your board? Do the community members typically represent the minority as well as the community? I read [studies] with a viewpoint that Im representing the layperson. See if they can understand it. I was told in one case that they were not going to ask that question (regarding racial disparities). In another case, I was told well, this is how we have always done things. I think thats what my role is. Im standing in for the subject.
3. 3. --THE COMMUNITY MEMBER ROLE: A Positive I Am! instead of an Im not. If you dont stand for something, youll fall for anything. An Irruptionbursting inof Outside Voices to help stem the tide of previous problems. The Heros Role: Carries responsibility to engage with, listen to ones various communities. Establishing our Warrant: How Can
4. 4. Efficiency is Another Word for . . . Ethics After Babel: Jeffrey Stout None make the temptations of moral reflection in our age more strongly felt [than the desires and disappointments of Babel]: the comforts of false unity and transcendence; the urge to lose oneself in playful aestheticism or the rigor of professional technique; the wishful thinking of utopian proposals and wistful thoughts of days gone by. Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity. Jacques Ellul