Over the last year, the Social Policy Association has been developing a set
of Guidelines for research ethics. These are now available on the SPA
website. You can access them from the front page of the website:
http://www.social-policy.com - read down to * New * SPA Guidelines on
Research Ethics.
The direct link is:
http://www.social-policy.com/documents/SPA_code_ethics_jan09.pdf
Although many learned societies and social research organisations already
have similar guidelines, the SPA guidelines have been prepared with regard
to the particular features of much social policy research. We are very
grateful to everyone who responded to earlier consultation on a draft
document and particularly to Karen Clarke who prepared the final version.
Caroline Glendinning
SPA Chair
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Caroline Glendinning AcSS
Research Director (Adults, Older People and Carers)
Social Policy Research Unit
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Tel:01904 321989 Fax: 01904 321989
http://www.york.ac.uk/spru
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