One size fits not quite all: Universal research ethics with diversity:

Research Ethics

Mohamed SMsoroka¹ 

关键词: ethics;    human research ethics committees;    universalism;    cultural diversity;    universal research ethics;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1747016117739939

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

For researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand who intend to conduct research with people, it is common practice to first ensure that their proposals are approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). HRECs take the role of reviewing, approving or rejecting research proposals and deciding on whether the intended research will be completed in the ‘right’, rather than the ‘wrong’ way. Such decisions are based upon a system which is guided by universal ethical principles – principles that assume there is universal agreement about the ethically right way to conduct research. Increasingly, Aotearoa New Zealand is becoming more culturally diverse. Actions that are assumed as ‘right’ in reference to ethical norms endorsed in one culture or society may not always be considered ‘right’ in reference to ethical norms in another culture or society. In this article we first set out what is already known in the literature about the origins and applications of universal ethics in a research context. Next, we analyse how...

【 授权许可】

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