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Ethical Principles Operationalized
The ethical principles that universities are obliged to follow when it comes to research are spelled out in each university's Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB is essentially a guide for employees at the university in terms of the protection of human subjects in biomedical and other forms of research. In this paper the IRB published by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will be critiqued and reviewed vis-a-vis the ethical principles contained therein.
In the Overview of the UWW IRB (p. 2) the "Common Rule" offers discretion as to whether the proposal needs to be submitted to the "full" committee or just to the chair of the committee. The full committee will hear proposals for research when there is a "potential risk of harm to subjects" (p. 2). Certainly the UWW supports and encourages "free and responsible investigation by faculty, staff, and students" -- however, all projects require review by the UWW IRB in order to make sure "adequate measures" have been employed to protect participants.
Ethical Issues to be taken...
The class-assigned research project are exempted from oversight by the university if: a) they involve "commonly accepted educational settings"; b) the research involves educational testing through interviews or observations so land is the interviews are not "recorded in such a manner that human subjects can be identified"; c) the research involves the study or collection of "existing data, documents, records…if these sources are publicly available"; d) if a federal department or agency head has approved the study and the research is intended for study of public programs, etc.; and e) if the study involves food that is wholesome with no…
Works Cited
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (2010). Institutional Review Board.
Retrieved February 1, 2012, from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/boards/irb/index.cfm.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. (2011). Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects. Instructions for Protocol Preparation and Submission
(Format). Retrieved February 2, 2012, from www.uww.edu/uwwhdbk/HumanSubjects.htm.
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