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Malaysians and Modern Biotechnology: Factors Influencing its Encouragement

By Latifah Amin, Jamaluddin Md. Jahi, Abd Rahim Md. Nor, Mohamad Osman and Nor Muhammad Mahadi.

Published by The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability

Modern biotechnology is a complex emerging issue that exhibits high salience combined with limited knowledge on part of the public. It has been suggested by social scientists that any complex object may be located in a variety of general classes where its evaluation may be strongly affected by extraneous concerns. The purpose of this paper is to identify relevant factors that influence the encouragement of genetically modified (GM) insulin as an example of modern biotechnology product available in Malaysia. A survey was carried out on 1017 respondents from various stakeholders’ groups in the Klang Valley region. Results of the survey have confirmed that attitude towards complex issues such as biotechnology should be seen as a multi-faceted/multidimensional process. The most important factors predicting encouragement of GM insulin are the specific application-linked perceptions about the benefits, acceptance of risk and moral concern while risk and familiarity are significant predictors of benefit and risk acceptance. Attitude towards GM soybean is also predicted by several general classes of attitude.

The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.1-8. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 692.714KB).

Associate Prof. Dr. Latifah Amin

Senior Lecturer, Centre for General Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Prof. Jamaluddin Md. Jahi

Professor, Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Prof. Abd Rahim Md. Nor

Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Mohamad Osman

Assoc Prof, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Prof. Nor Muhammad Mahadi

Director, Malaysia Genome Institute, Malaysia Genome Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Reviews:

Book Review

2008/10/22

By Jeong Chun-phuoc

This is a good joint effort by the team members/writers.

The book is useful as a starting point of reference.

However, there is a need to conduct studies and analysis into the domain of law relating to the respective area of biotechnology which is in constant flux.


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Jeong Chun-phuoc
Lecturer-in-Law
FBL, MMU
cpjeong@mmu.edu.my

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