Resources
Support institutions
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Ethics (CIRE)
The Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en éthique (CIRE) was established by the Direction de l'Université de Lausanne with the aim of federating and promoting the various academic skills available at UNIL in the field of ethics.
Cantonal ethical commission for human research (CER-VD)
The Cantonal Ethical Commission for Research on Human Subjects (CER-VD) is a cantonal administrative body established by the Law on Research on Human Subjects (LHR). It ensures that research subjects are protected and that human research projects comply with ethical, legal and scientific requirements, as well as with good research practice.
Useful documents
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The Nuremberg Code (61KB, .pdf)
Historical principles
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Belmont Report - Protection of human subjects - 1979 (242KB, .pdf)
Historical principles
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Diaz (2019), Ethics in the era of open research data: some points of reference. (284KB, .pdf)
Ethics and social sciences
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Roca i Escoda et al (Eds) (2020), Ethical issues in social science research. (2,517KB, .pdf)
Ethics and social sciences