They can also consider the ethical implications of the Internet, thanks to a partnership between the museum and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Beginning in 1993, when Center scholars assisted the Tech in drafting a unique ethics policy for its exhibits, Center staff have worked with designers to integrate ethical considerations into displays throughout the museum.
Staff bring their technology ethics expertise to other institutions, as well.
The Center's director of Health Care Ethics serves on the California State Advisory Committee on Human Cloning. Commissioned by the Santa Clara County Library system, the report explores the ramifications of the ready availability of sexually explicit material on the Web. Such ethical issues have also been explored in the annual Ethics and Technology Conference, co-sponsored by SCU, Loyola University Chicago and Boston College.