MIS Research Involving Human Subjects: Processes and IRB Requirements

MIS Research Involving Human Subjects: Processes and IRB Requirements

This paper discusses major issues and institutional requirements for human subjects’ research. In particular, it considers the responsibilities of principal investigators or individual researchers conducting human subjects research in management information systems. The paper introduces the issues related to human subjects’ research and presents the background and responsibilities of institutio...

Biobanking Research and Human Subjects Protections: Perspectives of IRB Leaders.

Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act.

Nanotechnology and the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects.

Research ethics have developed in response to events which are today considered ‘unethical’ Human experimentation without consent 1947 Nuremberg Code as a response to Nazi Germany and Japanese research in Manchuria 1950s/60s United States Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital elderly were injected with live cancer cells to study natural history Willowbrook State School NY mentally handicapped childre...

Environmental Health Research Involving Human Subjects: Ethical Issues

This article reviews some of the ethical issues that arise in environmental health research with human subjects, such as minimizing risks to subjects, balancing benefits and risks in research, intentional exposure studies with human subjects, protecting third parties in research, informing subjects about environmental hazards, communicating health information to subjects, and protecting privacy...