Ethics Dumping vs. Equitable Research Partnerships - Why fairness, respect, care and honesty should govern international research collaborations
When researchers from high income settings export unethical research practices to lower income settings, this is likely to be a case of ethics dumping. This can occur wilfully, to exploit weaker governance structures and do research that is prohibited 'at home', or it can occur based on misunderstandings or lack of knowledge. A short presentation will introduce various types of ethics dumping, leading into a discussion with the audience on what cases they might encounter in their own field. The session will conclude with the introduction of the TRUST Code - A Global Code of Conduct for Equitable Research Partnerships.
Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt.
Über die Vortragende
Prof. in Dr.in Doris Schroeder
University of Lancashire
Doris Schroeder is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Director at the Centre for Professional Ethics, UCLan UK and Professor in the School of Law at UCLan Cyprus. Her academic background is in philosophy, politics, economics. Her specialist areas of expertise are global research ethics, benefit sharing and inclusive research and innovation. She is the lead author of the TRUST Code (2018) which has been adopted by high-profile research institutions, funders (e.g. the European Commission) and publishers (e.g. NATURE, across their portfolio) around the world. The code promotes equitable research partnerships and opposes ethics dumping. More recently, after leading the largest ethics project the European Commission has ever funded, she was the lead author of the PREPARED Code (2025) and the TRUST Code Supplement (2025). Prof. Schroeder has given invited presentations on questions of international justice on all continents and in 30 countries.
