In a letter to fellows, Sir Adrian said a meeting will be held on March 3 and added: “Council has thought long and hard about concerns that have been raised by some of our fellows about public pronouncements and behaviours of other fellows and is aware that such behaviours and statements can be offensive.
A spokesperson from the Royal Society said: “The Royal Society is holding a meeting of the fellows to discuss the principles around public pronouncements and behaviours of fellows.
The Royal Society is set to hold a meeting after an open letter was signed by thousands of people over the society’s “failure” to recognise fellow Elon Musk “has acted in contravention of its own code of conduct”.
He added: “I am at a loss to understand how these actions are consistent with a code of conduct that requires fellows to have ‘due regard for the statement of values developed from time to time by Society’, (values that ask fellows to ‘act in accordance with the highest standards of public life’, to make a ‘positive impact’, to ‘strive for excellence.’).”.
Another letter was sent to fellows from Sir Adrian, in which he said a meeting would be held next month after concerns were raised about “public pronouncements and behaviours of other fellows”.
