Research Ethics

This site conatins many sublinks from this link which cover a range of topics to do with public interest

Safeguarding good scientific practice

This site contains links to a number of resources which address a range of issues for research funded by the MRC contains links to a number of resources which address a range of issues for research funded by the MRC

Statement of ethical practice

Ethical Guidelines

For creating and archiving oral histories., Itas a good section on ethics (particularly copyright)\n

Advice from the DH about research in practice settings\n

Draft Code of Conduct

Statement of Ethical Practice

This is an old but useful guide to good practice in gaining consent from participants

Advice and guidance for how to run clinical trials

Association for those doing social science research with a legal orientation. They are currently going through a re-development of their code of ethics - latest versions are available from this site

Profesional body for those working in the computer industry and research

Part of the National Patient Safety Agency - this body provides ethical scrutiny for research conducted in the NHS.

Professional standards in market research

Website for this society with a section devoted to professional standards for those working in this area

Produced by the Faculty of Social Science's committee on ethics. This resource covers a wide range of areas of interest to researchers about ethics\n

David Calvey The Art and Politics of Covert Research: Doing `Situated Ethics' in the Field Sociology 2008 42: 905-918. This article discusses the covert research relationship. Specifically, it explores the ethical dimensions of fieldwork with reference to a six-month covert ethnography of `bouncers', in Manchester . Drawing from sociological literatures, the article wishes to raise for scrutiny the management of situated ethics in covert fieldwork which, despite having some increased recognition via debates about risk and danger in fieldwork, remains glossed over. The standard discourse on ethics is abstracted from the actual doing, which is a mediated and contingent set of practices. Traditionally, professional ethics has been centralized around the doctrine of informed consent with covert methodology being frowned upon and effectively marginalized as a type of `last resort methodology'. What I highlight here is the case for covert research in the face of much conventional opposition. I hope the article will open debate and dialogue about its potential role and possible creative future in the social science community.