From compliance to conversation: New guidelines push for ethical reflection in research reporting

Phys.org  November 4, 2024
Emerging technologies and societal changes create new ethical concerns and greater need for cross-disciplinary and cross–stakeholder communication on navigating ethics in research. An international team of researchers (Australia, Sweden, UK) addressed concerns regarding research ethics, in research involving emerging technologies through developing novel policy that aimed to foster learning through the expression of ethical concepts in research. They developed new editorial policy for expression of research ethics in scholarly outputs across disciplines. These guidelines, aimed at authors, reviewers, and editors, were underpinned by: a cross-disciplinary scoping review of existing policy and adherence to these policies; a review of emerging policies, and policies in a specific discipline ; and, a collective drafting process undertaken by a reference group of journal editors… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE