Chapter 1: Ethics Dumping and the Need for a Global Code of Conduct
References
Chapter 2: A Value-Based Global Code of Conduct to Counter Ethics Dumping
Fairness
Respect
Care
Honesty
Chapter 3: The Four Values Framework: Fairness, Respect, Care and Honesty
Introduction
The Meaning of “Value”
What Can Guide Moral Action?
Values and Their Motivating Power
From Values to Action
The Four Values
Fairness
Respect
Care
Honesty
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Respect and a Global Code of Conduct?
Introduction
The Four Values and Moral Relativism
A More Moderate Relativism
Grounding the Global Applicability Thesis of the GCC in a Common Morality
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Exploitation Risks in Collaborative International Research
The Nature of Exploitation
Our Method
Our Findings
Fairness
Respect
Care
Honesty
Conclusion
Serious Poverty
Extreme Differentials in Power
Past History of Colonialism
References
Chapter 6: How the Global Code of Conduct Was Built
Introduction
Meaningful Consultation with Diverse Stakeholders
Broad Consultation
The Case Study Competition
Meetings and Platforms: Reaching the Right Delegates
External Engagement with Research Policymakers
External Engagement with Research Funders
External Engagement with Researchers
Engagement with Research Participants and Research Communities
Advocate Voices for Animals
External Engagement with Research Ethics Committees
Analysis of Existing Guidelines
Drafting Process
Early Adopters and Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: The San Code of Research Ethics
Introduction
The San of Southern Africa
Institution Building and Supportive NGOs
WIMSA: The Catalyst Institution
South African San Institute and South African San Council
Leaders of Integrity
Legal Support
Supportive Research Collaborations
Drafting the San Code of Research Ethics
The San Code of Research Ethics
Respect
Honesty
Justice and Fairness
Care
Process
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Good Practice to Counter Ethics Dumping
Introduction
The Values as an Ethical Foundation
Ethical Engagement with Communities
Setting the Research Aims and/or Developing the Research Question
Designing the Study
Implementing the Study
The Results Phase
Evaluating the Study
Developing an Accessible Complaints Procedure
Factors Affecting Accessibility
The Scope of a Complaints Procedure
A Values-Based Approach to Developing a Complaints Procedure
A Fair Research Contracting Tool
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Towards Equitable Research Partnership
References
Appendix
Authors and Sources of Inspiration
Kate Chatfield is deputy director of the Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is a social science researcher and ethicist specializing in global justice, research ethics, animal ethics and responsible innovation.
Roger Chennells works as legal adviser to the South African San Institute (SASI) and is a founder-partner in the human rights law practice Chennells Albertyn, Stellenbosch, established in 1981. Specializing in labour, land, environmental and human rights law, he has also worked for Aboriginal people in Australia.
Peter Herissone-Kelly is senior lecturer in philosophy, University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is a specialist in Kantian ethics as well as bioethics, analytic philosophy of language and metaethics.
Doris Schroeder is director of the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University of Central Lancashire, and professor of moral philosophy at the School of Law, UCLan Cyprus. She is the lead author of the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings.
Michelle Singh is a project officer at the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) in Cape Town, South Africa. She holds a medical PhD and previously managed maternal and child health research studies and clinical trials at the South African Medical Research Council.