Ethics Framework and Guidelines:


A guide for research funding organizations implementing participatory activities

Table of Contents

Ethics Framework and Guidelines »List of Abbreviations »Preamble »Introduction »
Part I: General Consideration »On ethics »General considerations on ethics »Ethical assessment procedures and the ethics review »On participation »General considerations on participatory practices »Experiences with the ethics framework »
Part II: Tools & Guidelines »A. How should participatory processes be structured? »B. Which type of activity is targeted by the participatory process? »C. Which types of participants are targeted? »D. What are ethical issues and risks? »E. How can equal and meaningful dialogue be fostered? »F. How should participatory processes be monitored & reflected upon? »
Glossary »EC Reference Documents »Endnotes »

EC Reference Documents

  • 4.1 Rules & codes of conduct

    • HE Regulation 2021/695: Eligible actions and ethical principles (Article 18) and Ethics (Article 19)

    • HE Model Grant Agreement: Ethics (Article 14 and Annex 5)

    • Statement by the Commission on research activities involving human embryos or human embryonic stem cells

    • EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

    • ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

    • Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-poor Settings

  • 4.2 General guidance

    • How to complete your ethics self-assessment

    • Guidelines on serious and complex ethics issues4.3 Standard operating procedures

    • Guidelines for Promoting Research Integrity in Research Performing Organisation

    • Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity

    • Data Protection Decision Tree

    • Designing and implementing a research integrity promotion plan: Recommendations for research funders


  • 4.4 Domain-specific guidance

    • Guidance note on potential misuse of research results

    • Guidance note on research focusing exclusively on civil applications

    • Guidance note on research on refugees, asylum seekers and migrants

    • Ethics and data protection

    • Ethics in Social Science and Humanities

    • Position of the European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC) on the Responsibility of Research Ethics Committees during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    • Research Ethics in Ethnography/Anthropology

    • Roles and Functions of Ethics Advisors/Ethics Advisory Boards in EC-funded Projects

    • SIENNA Ethical guidance for research with a potential for human enhancement

    • Guidelines on ethics by design/operational use for Artificial Intelligence

    • European Network of Research Ethics Committees – EUREC

    • European Network of Research Ethics and Research Integrity – ENERI

    • The Embassy of Good Science• The European Network of Research Integrity Offices – ENRIO

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