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Ethical guidelines from key research bodies

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Ethical guidelines from key research bodies

Many funders and professional bodies publish their disciplinary codes of conduct that cover ethical principles. Below are links to ethical guidelines from other key research bodies:

  • MRC ethics series Good research practice: Principles and guidelines (PDF)
  • Best Practice – Health Research Authority
  • Ethics Self-Assessment Tool – UK Statistics Authority
  • Ethical Research Involving Children, ERIC, Child Ethics
  • Data Ethics Framework – GOV.UK
  • British Sociological Association (BSA) Statement of Ethical Practice (PDF)
  • Ethical guidelines from the Social Research Association
  • Ethical guidelines from the Oral History Society
  • Ethics guide from the Association of Internet Researchers
  • Archiving and Reusing Qualitative Data
  • ESRC Framework for research ethics
  • The Research Ethics Guidebook: a resource for social scientists.
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