Ethics dumping is a concept in research ethics that describes the export of unethical research practices from higher-income to lower-income settings. Schroeder, D., Chatfield, K., Singh, M., Chennells, R., Herissone-Kelly, P. (2019) Equitable Research Partnerships - A Global Code of Conduct to Counter Ethics Dumping. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-15745-6. e-book . Softcover Ethics dumping can occur intentionally when researchers knowingly side-step restrictive regulatory regimes to undertake research abroad that would be prohibited in their home setting. It can also occur unintentionally, especially in the context of international research, if researchers lack the knowledge or ethics awareness to undertake studies appropriately in unfamiliar settings. Schroeder, D., Cook, J., Hirsch, F., Fenet, S., Muthuswamy, V. (eds) (2018). Ethics dumping case studies from North-South research collaborations. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64731-9. eBook . Softcover . Choosing a location or population for research, which is unlikely to benefit in full, or at all, from the research, for instance: Avian influenza research involving Indonesian human blood samples, when Indonesians were unlikely to benefit from the resulting vaccines. Sedyaningsih, E. Isfandari S., Soendoro T., Supari S. (2008) Towards Mutual Trust, Transparency and Equity in Virus Sharing Mechanism: The Avian Influenza Case of Indonesia. Ann Acad Med Singapore 37(6): 482–488. PMID: 18618060. Imposing burdens and risks on research participants who are unlikely to benefit themselves, for instance: Ebola virus research undertaken in a resource-poor setting that had no incidence of Ebola, and amongst vulnerable populations who were unlikely to obtain access to the resulting products and services. Tangwa G., Browne, K., Schroeder, D. (2018) Ebola Vaccine Trials, in: Schroeder, D., Cook, J., Hirsch, F., Fenet, S., Muthuswamy, V. (eds) (2018). Ethics dumping case studies from North-South research collaborations. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64731-9. eBook . Softcover . Exporting valuable materials abroad without benefit sharing, for instance: Export of biological samples from South Africa “to developed countries occurs frequently” and whilst research “participants were supportive of providing samples for research, serious concerns were voiced about future use, benefit sharing and export of samples” .Moodley, K., Sibanda, N., February, K., Rossouw, T. (2014) “It’s my blood”: ethical complexities in the use, storage and export of biological samples: perspectives from South African research participants, BMC Med Ethics. 15: 4. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-4 .
Ethics dumping is a concept in research ethics that describes the export of unethical research practices from higher-income to lower-income settings. Ethics dumping can occur intentionally when researchers knowingly side-step restrictive regulatory regimes to undertake research abroad that would be prohibited in their home setting. It can also occur unintentionally, especially in the context of international research, if researchers lack the knowledge or ethics awareness to undertake studies appropriately in unfamiliar settings. Choosing a location or population for research, which is unlikely to benefit in full, or at all, from the research, for instance: Avian influenza research involving Indonesian human blood samples, when Indonesians were unlikely to benefit from the resulting vaccines. Imposing burdens and risks on research participants who are unlikely to benefit themselves, for instance: Ebola virus research undertaken in a resource-poor setting that had no incidence of Ebola, and amongst vulnerable populations who were unlikely to obtain access to the resulting products and services. Exporting valuable materials abroad without benefit sharing, for instance: Export of biological samples from South Africa “to developed countries occurs frequently” and whilst research “participants were supportive of providing samples for research, serious concerns were voiced about future use, benefit sharing and export of samples” .
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Schroeder, D., Chatfield, K., Singh, M., Chennells, R., Herissone-Kelly, P. (2019) Equitable Research Partnerships - A Global Code of Conduct to Counter Ethics Dumping. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-15745-6. e-book . Softcover Ethics
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Muthuswamy, V. (eds) (2018). Ethics dumping case studies from North-South research collaborations. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64731-9. eBook . Softcover .
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Sedyaningsih, E. Isfandari S., Soendoro T., Supari S. (2008) Towards Mutual Trust, Transparency and Equity in Virus Sharing Mechanism: The Avian Influenza Case of Indonesia. Ann Acad Med Singapore 37(6): 482–488. PMID: 18618060.
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Tangwa G., Browne, K., Schroeder, D. (2018) Ebola Vaccine Trials, in: Schroeder, D., Cook, J., Hirsch, F., Fenet, S.,
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Muthuswamy, V. (eds) (2018). Ethics dumping case studies from North-South research collaborations. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64731-9. eBook . Softcover .
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.Moodley, K., Sibanda, N., February, K., Rossouw, T. (2014) “It’s my blood”: ethical complexities in the use, storage and export of biological samples: perspectives from South African research participants, BMC Med Ethics. 15: 4. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-4