https://medianwatch.netlify.app/tags/ethics/ Recent content in ethics on Median Watch Hugo -- gohugo.io en-uk Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/transparency/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/transparency/ Why aren’t ethics applications publicly available? If not the full application, then at least the investigators' names, the title, a plain language summary, the application number, and the date it was approved. A public record would help confirm that the research actually took place. We live in a world where entire papers can be written in under 30 minutes. Many thousands of researchers are using this new technology to boost their CVs with meaningless papers. https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/data_sharing/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/data_sharing/ I am a statistician. I rely on data for my career. Luckily data is everywhere, so I’m often spoilt for choice. One place where I no longer look for existing data is the health and medical system in Australia. This comes from multiple painful experiences of spending months on approval processes that end in failure. Ad nauseum examples Many other researchers have spoken about the difficulties of accessing health data for research in Australia. https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/ethics_impact/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/ethics_impact/ Re-posted from Campus Morning Mail with permission. The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research is a vitally important document for researchers and the public, because it determines what research is acceptable and guides how researchers should design studies to adhere to ethical practice. There is a current public consultation on changes to the statement. One proposed change is that this sentence: “Research may lead to harms, discomforts and/or inconveniences for participants and/or others.