ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN HEALTH


Section VII
Rights and Responsibilities of Funders and Sponsors


VII.1. Funders and sponsors have the right to expect that researchers and institutions report the progress of their work and submit a copy of the final report on results of research as per the schedule agreed in advance.

VII.2. Funders and sponsors have a right to get a copy, if any, of the ethical guidelines for research followed by the researchers and institutions. They also have a right to expect that the research proposal submitted for funding or sponsorship by researchers and institution contains necessary information on ethical issues in and ethical conduct of the particular research proposed.

VII.3. The funders and sponsors of research should respect the ethical guidelines for research and should not expect researchers and institutions to undertake research or conduct it in any way contrary to the ethical guidelines.

VII.4. Where sponsors and funders also act, directly or indirectly, as gatekeepers and control access to the participants, researchers should not devolve onto the gatekeeper their responsibility to obtain separate and full informed consent from participants and protect all rights of the participants.


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