MRM 504: Ethical Conduct and Review Board

This course is designed to encourage well-informed critical discussions of ethical issues in research management. Scientific considerations in research management policy and interventions occasionally cause political and ethical conflicts. Issues of autonomy, individual rights, coercion, justice, community, and multicultural values are pivotal in ethical research. A population-based perspective of research management goals should be ethically balanced with the preservation of human rights and protection of civil liberties. Goals of this course are: Stimulating the moral imagination, recognizing ethical issues, developing analytical skills, eliciting a sense of moral obligation and responsibility, and coping with moral ambiguity. The course will enable students to recognize, analyse, criticize, and evaluate ethical issues and equip them with practical knowledge to construct arguments and make decisions in research management