Conflicts with Community Leaders

What is this about?

This fictional case is about an infectious disease researcher who is conducting a survey with men who are HIV positive and sexually active with partners of both sexes. This research contains sensitive information and the community leaders of the research population are not pleased with its results.

Why is this important?

When doing a research concerning a sensitive subject, it is important to think about the effect the results can have on the research population and to .

For whom is this important?

ResearchersEthics committee membersFundersGeneral publicResearch Integrity Officers

What are the best practices?

Researchers can consult the following guidelines on collaboration with communities:

Kate Chatfield et al. (2018) Research with, not about, communities - Ethical guidance towards empowerment in collaborative research, a report for the TRUST project. http://trust-project.eu/
Figueiredo Nascimento, S., Cuccillato, E., Schade, S., Guimarães Pereira, A. (2016) Citizen Engagement in Science and Policy-Making. doi:10.2788/40563 https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/communities/sites/jrccties/files/mc10_rio_sio-lopez_mobility_reading.pdf

Other information

Virtues & Values

Good Practices & Misconduct

Research Area

Health sciences