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Resources

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Resources

On this page we collect resources for further reading and example documents that can provide guidance in creating your own ethics documents.

Research Ethics Guidance

AOIR Association of Internet Researchers Ethics
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK Ethics framework - very comprehensive and the standard in the UK
Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation (TREE): free online course in research ethics - focus on health research involving human participants
Ethics guidance for Computer Science research by Manchester University
Guidance on seeking informed consent and some tips for writing consent forms from University of Virginia
Ethics Issues Table - Checklist in the context of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020 (European Union)
Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans tri-council policy statement of three main councils in Canada.
Resources specific for ICTD/ICT4D research

Data Collection, Anonymisation and Data Protection

What is personal data – A quick reference guide
Anonymisation Guidance by the LSE
Finnish Social Science Data Archive, Anonymization
UK Data Archive: Create and manage data - consent and ethics
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving.
EU’s article 29 working group: Opinion 05/2014 on “Anonymisation Techniques onto the web”.

Example Ethics Documents

Research Ethics Statement (en), Parent Information Sheet (de) and Parent Consent Form (de) from the OutsideTheBox Project (Designing Technology with autistic children)
Parent Consent from the ECHOES Project (Designing with autistic children)
Consent Form from the eHome Project (deutsch)

Codes of Conduct

TU Wien Code of Conduct for scientific work
TU Wien, Informatik Code of Ethics
ACM Code of Ethics, professional code of conduct
IEEE Code of Ethics

Ethics in authoring and reviewing

Ethical guidelines for peer-reviewers

Basic principles for human participation in research

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Basic principles for human participation in research

Involving people in research: voluntary and safe participation

When human beings are involved in research, two basic principles are central from the point of view of ethics. First, the participation has to be voluntary. Nobody should be coerced or tricked into participating in research. It is good to remember that coercion can take different forms. In university settings, for example, it is important that students do not get the impression that they must participate in research of their instructors and supervisors. Similarly, in the social and health care settings it is important to clearly separate research participation from service provision.

Ethics Self-Assessment Template

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What should be in an ethics self-assessment document?

The following structure provides a template to guide researchers through important aspects of ethics.

1) Context Provide information about your work / project / study to set the scene. Such information should include: funding, motivation, expected scientific outcomes, study design, methods used, reasons for this particular research being important…

2) Overall Ethical Issues Describe the ethical issues raised by the objectives of your research, its respective results or findings and the potential consequences of your research outcomes. Provide details about how the identified overall ethical issues will be addressed.

Quick Research Ethics Self-Check

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Quick Research Ethics Self-Check

The following is a set of questions that probe whether your research is ethically sensitive and if it is low risk or high risk. The questions are adapted from the ethics self-assessment tool at the University of Sussex.

Will your research likely need a research ethics review?

It is highly likely that you will need ethical review if you intend your research to involve the following:

Human participants (with or without consent)
If you anticipate that the research exposes any person, participant or not, including yourself, to physical or psychological harm
If you will have access to personal information that allows you to identify individuals or to confidential corporate or company information
If the research project may present a risk to the environment or society
If you anticipate any conflicts of interest
If your funding body or other involved organisations require ethics approval

Is my research considered high risk?

If you answer any of the following questions with yes, your research will be considered high risk and will likely require in-depth engagement with ethics procedures.