Macnamara, Jim http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-3882
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Technology Sydney
Article History
Accepted: 11 April 2024
First Online: 17 April 2024
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the analysis in this paper was not required as no human research was involved. It is based on analysis of documents. Ethics approval for the WHO research discussed was granted – UTS HREC REF NO. ETH20-4895.
: The author has no competing interests.
: In identifying evidence of bureaucratization and institutionalization of prejudicial processes in ethics approval of research, particularly in the social sciences, this critical analysis recognizes the importance of careful consideration of ethics in all research and the valuable advice and guidance of many academic and professional staff in institutional review board (IRBs) and equivalent human ethics committees and secretariats.