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The Committee published its report on the ethical standards for the providers of public services on 17 June 2014.
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) is now called the Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA), part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Content from RTA can be found on DSIT’s GOV.UK page.
The Government has published its response to three reports on strengthening ethics and integrity in central government.
This paper proposes an alternative approach to pre-research ethical review that is based on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas
Current Dilemmas Facing Longitudinal Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Guidance for public sector organisations on how to use data appropriately and responsibly when planning, implementing, and evaluating a new policy or service.
In 2013, the Government confirmed that the 7 Principles of Public Life apply to all those delivering public services, regardless of sector. In 2014, we published our report which is intended as a guide to the standards expected of providers...
A longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, Andhra Pradesh (India), Peru and Vietnam
An overview of the evidence.
A 2-page summary of the research undertaken as part of R2HC study Perceptions of research conducted during the 2014-15 Ebola crisis
Summary report from a forum on ethics in policing hosted by the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) in September 2023.
This report outlines challenges faced by Young Lives as they tracked 12,000 children who joined 20 years ago, and who are now young adults
The objective of this study was to identify ethical challenges in the literature on the conduct of research during the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak
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