Simone Arnaldi is post-doctoral research fellow in sociology at the University of Padua, Italy. Luca Bianchi is adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Trieste, Italy.

• Introduction.- Responsibility and Social Action.- Expectations, Action Orientation and Implications for Responsibility.- Science, Technology and Society Relationships as the Background of Responsibility.- A Heuristic Framework for Responsibility.- Conclusions.

Simone Arnaldi is post-doctoral research fellow in sociology at the University of Padua, Italy. Luca Bianchi is adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Trieste, Italy.

• Introduction.- Responsibility and Social Action.- Expectations, Action Orientation and Implications for Responsibility.- Science, Technology and Society Relationships as the Background of Responsibility.- A Heuristic Framework for Responsibility.- Conclusions.

Simone Arnaldi is post-doctoral research fellow in sociology at the University of Padua, Italy. Luca Bianchi is adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Trieste, Italy.

• Introduction.- Responsibility and Social Action.- Expectations, Action Orientation and Implications for Responsibility.- Science, Technology and Society Relationships as the Background of Responsibility.- A Heuristic Framework for Responsibility.- Conclusions.