Ethics: The Four Basic
(moral) Principles
(i) The Principle
of Non-maleficence: Research must not cause harm to the participants in
particular and to people in general.
(ii) The Principle of Beneficence: Research should also make a positive contribution towards the welfare of people.
(iii) The Principle of Autonomy: Research must respect and protect the rights and dignity of participants.
(iv) The Principle of Justice: The benefits and risks of research should be fairly distributed among people.
(ii) The Principle of Beneficence: Research should also make a positive contribution towards the welfare of people.
(iii) The Principle of Autonomy: Research must respect and protect the rights and dignity of participants.
(iv) The Principle of Justice: The benefits and risks of research should be fairly distributed among people.
Ethics: Statement of General Principles Principles of (ICMR):
i. Essentiality
ii. Voluntariness
iii. Non-exploitation
iv. Privacy and confidentiality
v. Precaution and risk minimisation
vi. Professional competence
vii. Accountability and transparency
viii. Maximisation of the public interest and of distributive justice
ix. Institutional arrangements
x. Public domain
xi. Totality of responsibility xii. Compliance
ii. Voluntariness
iii. Non-exploitation
iv. Privacy and confidentiality
v. Precaution and risk minimisation
vi. Professional competence
vii. Accountability and transparency
viii. Maximisation of the public interest and of distributive justice
ix. Institutional arrangements
x. Public domain
xi. Totality of responsibility xii. Compliance
The following are links to resources in ethics; click on the
titles to access the documents:
Important
e-sources of information on ethical guidelines:
Risk-Benefit Analysis
Risk/Benefit Analysis Checklist (University of Nebraska, Kearney website; IRB page)
Assessing Level of Risk (University of South
Alabama; Research Compliance News, September 2008)
Maintained by the
Department of Community Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences &
Research, Coimbatore, India.
