Research Ethics
Massey University is committed to ensuring that all research is conducted in a responsible and ethical manner and complies with all external requirements.
Accordingly, staff must ensure that all activities undertaken by them or by students whom they supervise conform to the following Codes of Conduct:
- Code of Ethical Conduct for Research, Teaching and Evaluations involving Human Participants
- Code of Ethical Conduct for the Use of Live Animals for Research, Testing and Teaching
- Code of Conduct for Research involving the Importation or Development of Low Risk Genetically Modified Organisms using Recombinant DNA
The memo regarding responsible research conduct (link below) outlines the various Codes of Practice and relevant legislation with which researchers must comply.
Responsible conduct of research memo (33 KB)
The following committees assist in ensuring that proposed activities conform to the Codes:
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Human Ethics Committee: Northern
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Human Ethics Committee: Southern A
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Human Ethics Committee: Southern B
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Animal Ethics Committee
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Genetic Technology Committee
The Research Ethics Office is located in Room 2.02 of the Sir Geoffrey Peren Building on the Turitea site of the Palmerston North campus. This office administers the committees and maintains application procedures.
The Codes, Terms of Reference of the committees and details of application procedures are available on the following web site links:
