Table 2 Ethical framework for environmental protection in pharmacists’ activities
From: Research on developing environmental ethics in pharmacists’ activities
Values | Principles | Ethics guidelines for: |
|---|---|---|
Life Health Environmental rights: the right to a healthy environment | Principle of stewardship | Protecting the environment by promoting and implementing sustainable practices and climate change mitigating measures |
Principle of caution | Including environmental ethics rules in the drug marketing authorization process | |
Principle of preventive action | Preventing the generation of pharmaceutical waste | |
Principle of responsibility | Taking responsibility for appropriate pharmaceutical environmental management | |
Principle of collaboration | Initiating pharmaceutical environmental projects or adding a pharmaceutical dimension to environmental protection projects | |
Principle of justice | Promoting a fair and equitable allocation and use of pharmaceutical resources, including in environmental management | |
Freedom Safety and security Environmental rights: the right to enforce environmental rights | Principle of public participation | Participating in environmental governance in the pharmaceutical field |
Beauty Cultural rights Environmental rights: the right to the beauty of nature and environmental harmony | Principle of environmental preservation | Participating in protecting the beauty of natural areas and the harmony of the urban environment |