Ethics are the moral values of human behavior and the principles which govern these values. The situation becomes challenging for a doctor when he assumes the role of researcher. The doctor-researcher has to serve both the roles and at times the zeal of an investigator has the potential to cloud the morality of the physician inside. It is very important to realize that exploiting the faith of p...

globally, there have been considerable debates on the ethical conduct and review of collaborative international researches. one of the great challenges is to conduct clinical trials in developing countries as externally-sponsored researches (esr). this descriptive survey has reviewed the status of this type of researches in iran during 2002 to 2003. this study was carried out in 44 universities...

In follow-up to a large-scale ethics survey of neuroscientists whose research involves neuroimaging, brain stimulation and imaging genetics, we conducted focus groups and interviews to explore their sense of responsibility about integrating ethics into neuroimaging and readiness to adopt new ethics strategies as part of their research. Safety, trust and virtue were key motivators for incorporat...

Since ethical concerns are calling for more attention within Operational Research, we present three approaches to combine Operational Research models with ethics. Our intention is to clarify the trade-offs faced by the OR community, in particular the tension between the scientific legitimacy of OR models (ethics outside OR models) and the integration of ethics within models (ethics within OR mo...

Ethics concerns the morality of human conduct. In relation to social research, it refers to the moral deliberation, choice and accountability on the part of researchers throughout the research process. General concern about ethics in social research has grown apace. In the UK, for example, from the late 1980s on, a number of professional associations developed and/or revised ethical declaration...

OBJECTIVE To assess the function of the new system of review by multicentre research ethics committees and to highlight areas where improvement is still needed. DESIGN Prospectively collected data from a multicentre study was examined with respect to the ethics review process. Administrative, financial, and time elements of the review process were audited. SETTING A single multicentre resea...

In a number of countries throughout the world attention is being paid to the ways in which health and social care research is undertaken and regulated. In the United Kingdom, new research governance frameworks are intended to promote improvement in research quality. This paper draws on our experiences of seeking research ethics committee approval for two investigations with the same research de...

OBJECTIVES To compare the practices of local research ethics committees and the time they take to obtain ethical approval for a multi-centre study. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of outcome of applications for a multi-centre study to local research ethics committees. SETTING Thirty-six local research ethics committees covering 38 district health authorities in England. MAIN MEASURES Resp...

during the last three decades publication of papers in different fields of agronomic sciences have been increased drastically in iran. however, there is growing warnings about research misconducts. to get a quantitative insight into the commitment to the research ethics, 1269 papers published during the last 3 decades in the refereed domestic journals were surveyed using human tools. the freque...