tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post3229517997483936654..comments2008-02-18T15:07:57.146-05:00PCMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-86075228492894922522008-02-18T15:07:00.000-05:002008-02-18T15:07:00.000-05:00Your <A HREF="http://institutionalreviewblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/peter-moskos-on-what-to-tell-your-irb.html" REL="nofollow">more detailed comments</A> on this subject are illuminating. <BR/><BR/>While I offer my words for others to use, my goal, of course, is not to have other researchers blindly copy me but rather to have them actually think about the ethics of nature of their research. I hope that researchers are quicker to confront both any assumptions the IRBs has about their research and confront their own assumptions about their IRB. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately, when it comes to ethics, I trust a thinking researcher more than an approval form from an IRB.<BR/><BR/>I also feel obliged to mention that despite my research and academic background, I did not know (or at least forgot) about the existence of the ASA Code of EthicsPCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-30642672357315142252008-02-18T13:46:00.000-05:002008-02-18T13:46:00.000-05:00Thank you for this thoughtful statement of research ethics. The more scholars take the time to write such declarations, the harder it will be for IRBs to maintain that a single set of ethical standards and practices should govern all research in all contexts.<BR/><BR/>Zachary Schrag <BR/>Institutional Review BlogZachary M. Schraghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07101709506166167477noreply@blogger.com