Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings
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.
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.