رويكرد اخلاقي در توسعه پارك هاي علم و فناوري

Ethical Approach in Developing Science and Technology Parks

Background: During recent years there was a lot of emphasis on social roles and responsibilities of knowledge-based organizations. Science and technology parks are knowledge based organizations which are developed to commercialize knowledge and retrench the gap between universities and society. The aim of this article is to review social responsibilities in the process of developing science and technology parks. Methods: Strategic planning (organizational mission statements and visions) of 16 active science parks worldwide were studied using content analysis method. Results: Results show that the model of developing science and technology parks is a model of domination of capitalism language which forces science to serve capital interest. Finally, by taking an ethical approach, the roles of technology policymakers in designing visions for developing science and technology parks considering public interests will be pointed out. Conclusion: Findings criticize the assumption of neutrality of science and technology and show that there was low attention to social responsibilities in comparing with the aim of commercialization of knowledge.