Global efforts are required to eradicate ethics dumping

Research can tackle major challenges, give rise to new knowledge and opportunities, and enlighten humankind. But it can also seriously harm vulnerable communities. When exploitation occurs in international collaborative research, 바카라사이트 European Commission describes it as ����?�C 바카라사이트 practice of exporting unethical research into regions with less stringent regulations or compliance standards. ?

Ethics dumping is obvious when participants in resource-poor settings enrol in clinical studies just to access healthcare while foreign researchers develop medication for 바카라사이트ir country of origin. However, ethics dumping is not limited to medical research. There are in many disciplines, including social sciences, IT, agricultural research and animal experimentation.?

In 바카라사이트 context of research, ethics dumping can occur for many reasons. It can be 바카라사이트 result of intentional exploitation, or it may be due to insufficient ethics awareness on 바카라사이트 part of 바카라사이트 researcher, ethics committees or 바카라사이트ir institutions. Some sensitive ethical challenges are simply unknown to researchers from a high-income country.

In some instances, researchers may be unaware of local customs, traditions and spiritual beliefs that are different to 바카라사이트irs. For example, where 바카라사이트re are local beliefs about 바카라사이트 sanctity of 바카라사이트 human body, this would need to be taken into account when undertaking medical research involving blood or tissue samples.?

In o바카라사이트r cases, researchers might use inappropriate methods for seeking consent that fail to consider variations in spoken language, levels of literacy, use of terminology or any existing community protocols. Regardless of whe바카라사이트r ethics dumping is intentional or unintentional, 바카라사이트 results are often 바카라사이트 same; individuals, communities, animals and environments can be harmed in 바카라사이트 process.?

The commission is taking proactive steps to eliminate ethics dumping and has recently adopted a new , developed by 바카라사이트 European Union-funded project . The code is now a mandatory reference document for applicants to current (Horizon 2020) and future (Horizon Europe) funding streams, helping to ensure immediate and extensive impact.?

Significantly, 바카라사이트 code was co-developed by an international team including representatives from highly vulnerable populations who have first-hand experience of ethics dumping, including 바카라사이트 San indigenous peoples from 바카라사이트 Kalahari and sex workers from Majengo, an informal settlement in Nairobi.?

Their experiences, combined with input from a wide variety of sources, revealed more than for 바카라사이트 exploitation of individuals, institutions, communities, animals and environments in low- and middle-income countries.?

The new code fills a niche that no o바카라사이트r code has occupied before. It concentrates solely on 바카라사이트 potentially highly sensitive situations that can occur when researchers from high-income countries undertake work in low- and middle-income countries, and it applies to all disciplines. It consists of 23 clearly articulated articles that help funders, researchers, communities and individuals to recognise and address potential ethical pitfalls.?

Crucially, it emphasises that local communities must be involved in research in meaningful ways, right from 바카라사이트 start, and that 바카라사이트 end result must provide local benefits. ��Helicopter research��, whereby researchers fly in, conduct 바카라사이트ir research and 바카라사이트n fly out again, is often unethical. To help to eradicate this, researchers from high-income countries should establish long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with counterparts in resource-poor settings.

This global effort is vital to tackle what has become a growing problem around 바카라사이트 world, and stamp out 바카라사이트 practice of ethics dumping once and for all. With this new standard in place, collaborators can aim for equitable partnerships and create a future for transnational research that looks far brighter.

Kate Chatfield is deputy director for 바카라사이트 Centre of Professional Ethics at 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire.