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Approach taken
Collecting existing ethical guidelines
Literature on research ethics
Contacting experts
The importance of guidelines
Why we need guidelines
Why yet another set of guidelines
Guidelines only a starting point
Ethical decision making
A series of dilemmas
Often no easy answer
Ultimately responsibility of researcher
An informed decision
Structure of the guidelinesA main principle
Statement expanding this principle
Issues/dilemmas
Broader discussion
Themes
Responsibilities to society
Professional expertise and standards
Responsibilities to research participants
Society
Research must be commissioned and conducted with respect for
and awareness of gender differences
Society
Research must be commissioned and conducted with respect for
groups regardless of race, ethnicity, religion and culture
Society
Research must be commissioned and conducted with respect for
under-represented social groups and the avoidance of
marginalisation or exclusion of these
Professional standards
An appropriate research method should be selected on the basis
of informed professional expertise
Professional standards
Ensuring the research team has the necessary professional
expertise and support
Professional standards
Conducting research should not involve any unwarranted material gain either to respondents or to
researchers
Professional standards
Research projects should be designed, conducted and
reported in an unbiased manner
Professional standards
Researchers and commissioners should reflect on the
consequences of research engagement for all participants
Professional standards
Any debts to previous research as a source of knowledge, data,
concepts and methodology should be fully acknowledged in
all outputs