Equitable Research Partnerships

Table of Contents

Foreword Reference

Acknowledgements References

Abbreviations Author Biographies

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

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.