Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings

What is this about?

Research partnerships between high-income and lower-income settings can be highly advantageous for both parties. Or they can lead to ethics dumping, the practice of exporting unethical research practices to lower-income settings.

Why is this important?

This Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings counters ethics dumping by:

• Providing guidance across all research disciplines

• Presenting clear, short statements in simple language to achieve the highest possible accessibility

• Focusing on research collaborations that entail considerable imbalances of power, resources and knowledge

• Using a new framework based on the values of fairness, respect, care and honesty

• Offering a wide range of learning materials and affiliated information to support the Code, and

• Complementing the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity through a particular focus on research in resource-poor settings.

Those applying the Code oppose double standards in research and support long-term equitable research relationships between partners in lower-income and high-income settings based on fairness, respect, care and honesty

For whom is this important?

ResearchersAll stakeholders in research

Other information

Who

TRUST

When

2018

Virtues & Values