On the Problem of “Worldlessness”. Do The Declaration of Helsinki and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Science Guidelines Protect the Stateless in the Research Context?
Associate Professor Deborah Zion Chair, Victoria University, HREC. deborah.zion@vu.edu.au Can these bones live? Ezekiel, 37:3. The Declaration of Helsinki has
Disaster Research and its Ethical Review
Disaster research ethics is a growing area of interest within the research ethics field. Given the lack of a universal
How can we get mentors and trainees talking about ethical challenges?
When it comes to research integrity, the international community often tends to focus on the incidence of research misconduct and
Dealing with “normal” misbehavior in science: Is gossip enough?
As scientists, whether in the natural or social sciences, we tend to be confident in the self-policing abilities of our
Strategies for resolving ethically ambiguous scenarios
During the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014, I traveled to numerous universities across the United States and England
Research Ethics in the Philippines: a personal journey
My recall of the earliest encounter I had with research ethics is when, as a newly appointed faculty member of
Ethical Self-Assessment: Excellence in Reflexivity or Corporatisation Gone Mad?
Research ethics and integrity have always been at the forefront of my work, not only because the issues which I
Ethical use of visual social media content in research publications
At a research ethics workshop at the 2015 CSCW conference (Fiesler et al., 2015), researchers in our community respectfully disagreed
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Should you be worried about paying children to take part in research?
Associate Professor Stephanie Taplin, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University The
Australia Day honours recognise contributions to human research ethics
We wish to add our congratulations to two recipients of honours on Australia Day
Tracing the Patterns of Research Ethics Regulation in Taiwan
台灣的研究倫理規範之發展 甘偵蓉 Gan Zhen-Rong1 and 馬克·伊瑟利 Mark Israel2 Many commentators on research ethics have
Can reading Australian novels help us become more ethical researchers?
If someone asked you for some recommended reading or viewing to help them understand human research ethics, animal ethics or research integrity, what would you recommend?
The policies and standards issued by National governments, learned societies, funding bodies and academic publications are generally not especially engaging or entertaining.
In this blog post, Sally Dalton-Brown discusses a couple of options from the streaming and fiction publishing offerings.
They won’t exactly discuss, explain or define the principles of ethical or responsible conduct. Neither will they explain how to adhere to national requirements or instutiona policy. That isn’t surprising, but that is probably not the point. Entertainment, enjoyment and a bit of fun is a great way to engage people with the important elements of ethical and responsible behaviour in the design and conduct of research.
This material could be usefully included in the resource library for members of an institution’s research ethics committee.