Protecting the public in research
Also professional standards and ethics.
 

These sites list links to many other sites

Socialpsychology network research page, section on ethics   http://www.socialpsychology.org/methods.htm#ethics   links to sites about research ethics, codes of conduct, informed consent, protecting human subjects.
 

AmoebaWeb section on research ethics   http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/index.aspx?doc_id=2416   if this is a problem, see aboebaweb home   http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/   then the 'research ethics' page.  This page lists links to many ethincs sites.


Welcome to the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics  http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/default.aspx    has this page of links   http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/resources-ressources/links-liens/   

 

Sites with guidelines and information. Including guidelines and statements from professional organizations, universities, etc.


The Respect Project    http://www.respectproject.org/main/index.php    The RESPECT project has been funded by the European Commission’s Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme, to draw up professional and ethical guidelines for the conduct of socio-economic research.

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)   http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/     About protection of human research subjects. First place to go in the US.
 

The Joint NHMRC/AVCC Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice  http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/policy/researchprac.htm   from a Working Group comprising representatives from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Vice Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) and the Australian Research Council (ARC)


Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Pratice   http://www.amstat.org/about/ethicalguidelines.cfm   from the American Statistical Association.  They also have a couple of committees listed here   http://www.amstat.org/committees/committeelist.cfm    including the Committee on Professional Ethics, and the Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality


TRREE-for Africa   http://elearning.trree.org/    is a web-based training and capacity building initiative on the ethics of research involving humans conducted in Africa countries.

National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans (2007)  http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/e72syn.htm   The root site   http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/index.htm   also lists several other ethics publications.
 

The National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities  http://www.etikkom.no/In-English/Committee-for-Research-Ethics-in-the-Social-Sciences-and-the-Humanities/   see their publications page, that has the Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities.

Qualitative Research Consultants Association Ethics and practice page   http://www.qrca.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=21   has several publications like a Code of Member Ethics.
 

guidelines from The Ethics Committee of the Sociological Association of Ireland
http://www.sociology.ie/   click on Ethical Guidelines. They have a pdf guideline on research, professional conduct.
 

Market Research Association    http://www.mra-net.org/    has guides  http://www.mra-net.org/about/codes.cfm  such as best practices, complaint forms, and other info.  Also has links to other resources.


Social Research Association   http://www.the-sra.org.uk/ethical.htm   ethical guidelines


Unesco ethics page  http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1837&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html   general guidelines, non on social research, but generally on ethics, focusing on bioethics, science, etc.


Ethical standards and procedures for research with human beings   http://www.who.int/ethics/research/en/   From WHO, guidelines, links, etc.


ESOMAR codes and guidelines  Go to the main site   http://www.esomar.org/   and click on Professional Standards. This includes Code of Marketing, Guidelines on Interviewing Children, others... see professional standards from the main page.


Guidelines from AAPOR/WAPOR   http://www.unl.edu/wapor/ethics.html    list of things that should be in reports of surveys, responsibilities of researchers, Rules of Practice Regarding Reports and Survey Results, and responsibilities to 'informants'.


CASRO Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research   http://www.casro.org/codeofstandards.cfm   includes Responsibilities to Respondents
Responsibilities to Clients, Responsibilities in Reporting to Clients and the Public, Responsibility to Outside Contractors and Interviewers.


International Statistical Institute   http://isi.cbs.nl/ethics.htm   declaration on professional ethics, plus this   http://isi.cbs.nl/ethics0index.htm    a 2009 draft


American Psychology Association   http://www.apa.org/ethics/index.aspx   ethics on line, their code and some related material.


British Psychological Society  code of conduct.  http://www.bps.org.uk/the-society/code-of-conduct/code-of-conduct_home.cfm  


Oral History Evaluation Guidelines   http://www.oralhistory.org/publications/   guidelines on developing and promoting professional standards for oral historians, from the Oral History Association.  The OHA encourages those who produce and use oral history to recognize certain principles, rights, technical standards, and obligations for the creation and preservation of source material that is authentic, useful, and reliable.  These include obligations to the interviewee, to the profession, and to the public, as well as mutual obligations between sponsoring organizations and interviewers.


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