I’m doing research on nonhumans, but I still must assess my research assistants and their experiences at the end. What are my ethical obligations?
If you are writing a recommendation letter for the student, use your normal procedure. The OHRP guidelines do not pertain to this situation. The following guidelines are for when a funding agency wants your assessment of many students who were in your department’s research labs. (If neither of these two situations fit your situation, call Mary Inman at 395-7148 and describe your situation.) Hope’s HSRB discussed this and set the following guidelines: This assessment is likely to be exempt from formal HSRB review (see types of exemption at Federal Code Part 46, specifically 46.101). However, researchers are still bound by the code of Federal Regulations and principles in the Belmont Report. Consider this: The federal government says, “A determination that research is exempt does NOT imply that investigators have NO ethical responsibility to subjects in such research; it only means that the regulatory requirements to the IRB/HSRB review, informed consent, and assurance of compliance do n
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