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Ethical Review of Research on Human Subjects at Unilever: Reflections on Governance
Author(s) -
Sheehan Mark,
Marti Ver,
Roberts Tony
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/bioe.12040
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , mainstream , corporate governance , context (archaeology) , research ethics , business ethics , engineering ethics , ethical issues , process (computing) , reflection (computer programming) , political science , sociology , public relations , management , law , engineering , economics , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language , operating system
This article considers the process of ethical review of research on human subjects at a very large multinational consumer products company. The commercial context of this research throws up unique challenges and opportunities that make the ethics of the process of oversight distinct from mainstream medical research. Reflection on the justification of governance processes sheds important, contrasting light on the ethics of governance of other forms and context of research.