December 7, 2007
Report on Anthropologists' Work With the Military Discourages Secrecy
After a year and a half of deliberation, a special committee of the American Anthropological Association released a 62-page report last week that analyzes the potential ethical pitfalls that confront anthropologists who work with military, intelligence, and national-security agencies.
The report does not propose any blanket bans on scholarly engagement with defense organizations. Instead, it sketches out principles that the committee members believe should guide such work.
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