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