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Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee FAQs
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Peer Indicators (that share the same Vulnerability association) are shown highlighted in pink; |
"Outside" Indicators (those that do NOT share the same Vulnerability association) are shown highlighted in green; |
Trigger Words/Phrases are shown highlighted in gray. |
Link to Orphaned Trigger Words (Appendix (Indicator List, Indicator Peers, Trigger Words, Type/Vulnerability/Indicator Overlay)
Applicable Type / Vulnerability / Indicator Overlay for this Input
Health / Healthy People
Searching for indicator volunteers:
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p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 4. I am planning to conduct a research project in the Chinese mainland and Australia. The study will involve
p.(None): questionnaire surveys and interviews with human subjects. Do I need to seek ethical clearance in PolyU?
p.(None):
p.(None): As far as you are a staff member and/or student of the PolyU, you are required to seek human subjects ethics clearance at
p.(None): PolyU even if the work is to be performed outside Hong Kong.
p.(None):
p.(None): At the same time, you may well have to get clearance from the authority wherein the actual work will be conducted.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 5. A colleague in another institute seeks help from me to refer some PolyU students to participate in his/her case
p.(None): study/group interviews. Do I need to seek human subjects ethics clearance under such circumstance?
p.(None):
p.(None): No ethics clearance is required under this circumstance because it appears to be simply a request for facilitation for
p.(None): recruitment of subjects for an external project which does not involve our staff directly in the project.
p.(None):
p.(None): BUT it is important that the students are not 'referred to participate in the project' – i.e. there must be no pressure on them, or
p.(None): any sense of coercion or obligation for the students to join. It is acceptable only for the students to be informed of the call for
p.(None): volunteers (this is the extent of the facilitation). They have to decide to join (or not) with their free and independent consent.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 6. I am a Co-Investigator (Co-I) of a research project in which the Principle Investigator (PI) is another institute. The
p.(None): ethical approval of the research project has been obtained from the Ethics Committee of the PI institute. Do I need to
p.(None): obtain ethical approval from PolyU for the research study to be conducted in PolyU?
p.(None):
p.(None): If the Co-I is conducting the study according to the set protocol specified in the original research proposal approved by Ethics
p.(None): Committee of the PI institute, there is no need for the Co-I to seek approval from PolyU for the reason that the governance of
p.(None): the study operation is under the responsibility of the PI and the ethics issue is assumingly thoroughly examined by the PI
p.(None): institute. The above view should be read with the understanding that the original approved protocol is strictly adhered to by all
p.(None): researchers of the team.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): Privacy Policy Statement | Copyright Copyright ©2011-14, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. All Rights Reserved.
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Social / Property Ownership
Searching for indicator property:
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p.(None): 4. I am planning to conduct a research project in the Chinese mainland and Australia. The study will involve questionnaire
p.(None): surveys and interviews with human subjects. Do I need to seek ethical clearance in PolyU?
p.(None): 5. A colleague in another institute seeks help from me to refer some PolyU students to participate in his/her case study/group
p.(None): interviews. Do I need to seek human subjects ethics clearance under such circumstance?
p.(None): 6. I am a Co-Investigator (Co-I) of a research project in which the Principle Investigator (PI) is another institute. The ethical
p.(None): approval of the research project has been obtained from the Ethics Committee of the PI institute. Do I need to obtain ethical
p.(None): approval from PolyU for the research study to be conducted in PolyU?
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 1. Do I need to seek human subject ethics clearance if I plan to visit some firms/companies to meet and talk to their
p.(None): CEOs on selected topics?
p.(None):
p.(None): No ethics approval will be required for discussions. But if work involving human subjects is really being planned at a later stage,
p.(None): ethics clearance will be required.
p.(None):
p.(None): However, you are advised to have a non-disclosure agreement with your informant in case you need to discuss some new
p.(None): ideas/technologies. The firm/industrial partner likely will want this agreement also. The non-disclosure agreement should be
p.(None): two sided to protect the PI’s ideas and intellectual property (IP) as well as the IP and trade secrets of the firm.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 2. I just want to do some kind of informal studies involving human subjects, like asking for students' views on a social
p.(None): issue? I am not engaged in a project funded by PolyU or any other funding body. Do I need to seek human subject
p.(None): ethics clearance under such circumstance?
p.(None):
p.(None): Funding source is not the deciding factor for human subjects ethics clearance. Any student or staff who will engage human
p.(None): subjects in his/her student (formal or informal) and will interact with them, needs ethical clearance.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 3. I plan to conduct a study on some archived data collected from human subjects by previous studies. I do not plan to
p.(None): interact with any of these human subjects (in fact, they are basically unidentifiable). Do I need to seek ethical
p.(None): clearance?
p.(None): If your study is basically an "audit" on pre-existing, archived data collected from human subjects, ethical clearance may not be
p.(None): required.
p.(None):
p.(None): If new, different data are to be generated from archived samples from human subjects, i.e. something else is to be measured
p.(None): for a different purpose than the samples were originally collected for in an approved project, then new ethical approval is
p.(None): needed – and new informed consent from the original subjects is needed also. The exception to new informed consent being
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Social / Student
Searching for indicator student:
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p.(None): approval from PolyU for the research study to be conducted in PolyU?
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 1. Do I need to seek human subject ethics clearance if I plan to visit some firms/companies to meet and talk to their
p.(None): CEOs on selected topics?
p.(None):
p.(None): No ethics approval will be required for discussions. But if work involving human subjects is really being planned at a later stage,
p.(None): ethics clearance will be required.
p.(None):
p.(None): However, you are advised to have a non-disclosure agreement with your informant in case you need to discuss some new
p.(None): ideas/technologies. The firm/industrial partner likely will want this agreement also. The non-disclosure agreement should be
p.(None): two sided to protect the PI’s ideas and intellectual property (IP) as well as the IP and trade secrets of the firm.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 2. I just want to do some kind of informal studies involving human subjects, like asking for students' views on a social
p.(None): issue? I am not engaged in a project funded by PolyU or any other funding body. Do I need to seek human subject
p.(None): ethics clearance under such circumstance?
p.(None):
p.(None): Funding source is not the deciding factor for human subjects ethics clearance. Any student or staff who will engage human
p.(None): subjects in his/her student (formal or informal) and will interact with them, needs ethical clearance.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 3. I plan to conduct a study on some archived data collected from human subjects by previous studies. I do not plan to
p.(None): interact with any of these human subjects (in fact, they are basically unidentifiable). Do I need to seek ethical
p.(None): clearance?
p.(None): If your study is basically an "audit" on pre-existing, archived data collected from human subjects, ethical clearance may not be
p.(None): required.
p.(None):
p.(None): If new, different data are to be generated from archived samples from human subjects, i.e. something else is to be measured
p.(None): for a different purpose than the samples were originally collected for in an approved project, then new ethical approval is
p.(None): needed – and new informed consent from the original subjects is needed also. The exception to new informed consent being
p.(None): required is when the samples are truly 'anonymized' – that is, they are coded and no-one can trace back any individual
p.(None): samples to an individual subject – but new ethical approval is still needed and the reason why no new informed consent will be
p.(None): sought should be explained.
p.(None):
p.(None): However, it is always be safer for an investigator to go through the ethical clearance process if there is any doubt on the case.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 4. I am planning to conduct a research project in the Chinese mainland and Australia. The study will involve
p.(None): questionnaire surveys and interviews with human subjects. Do I need to seek ethical clearance in PolyU?
p.(None):
p.(None): As far as you are a staff member and/or student of the PolyU, you are required to seek human subjects ethics clearance at
p.(None): PolyU even if the work is to be performed outside Hong Kong.
p.(None):
p.(None): At the same time, you may well have to get clearance from the authority wherein the actual work will be conducted.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 5. A colleague in another institute seeks help from me to refer some PolyU students to participate in his/her case
p.(None): study/group interviews. Do I need to seek human subjects ethics clearance under such circumstance?
p.(None):
p.(None): No ethics clearance is required under this circumstance because it appears to be simply a request for facilitation for
p.(None): recruitment of subjects for an external project which does not involve our staff directly in the project.
p.(None):
p.(None): BUT it is important that the students are not 'referred to participate in the project' – i.e. there must be no pressure on them, or
p.(None): any sense of coercion or obligation for the students to join. It is acceptable only for the students to be informed of the call for
p.(None): volunteers (this is the extent of the facilitation). They have to decide to join (or not) with their free and independent consent.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 6. I am a Co-Investigator (Co-I) of a research project in which the Principle Investigator (PI) is another institute. The
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General/Other / Relationship to Authority
Searching for indicator authority:
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p.(None): If your study is basically an "audit" on pre-existing, archived data collected from human subjects, ethical clearance may not be
p.(None): required.
p.(None):
p.(None): If new, different data are to be generated from archived samples from human subjects, i.e. something else is to be measured
p.(None): for a different purpose than the samples were originally collected for in an approved project, then new ethical approval is
p.(None): needed – and new informed consent from the original subjects is needed also. The exception to new informed consent being
p.(None): required is when the samples are truly 'anonymized' – that is, they are coded and no-one can trace back any individual
p.(None): samples to an individual subject – but new ethical approval is still needed and the reason why no new informed consent will be
p.(None): sought should be explained.
p.(None):
p.(None): However, it is always be safer for an investigator to go through the ethical clearance process if there is any doubt on the case.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 4. I am planning to conduct a research project in the Chinese mainland and Australia. The study will involve
p.(None): questionnaire surveys and interviews with human subjects. Do I need to seek ethical clearance in PolyU?
p.(None):
p.(None): As far as you are a staff member and/or student of the PolyU, you are required to seek human subjects ethics clearance at
p.(None): PolyU even if the work is to be performed outside Hong Kong.
p.(None):
p.(None): At the same time, you may well have to get clearance from the authority wherein the actual work will be conducted.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 5. A colleague in another institute seeks help from me to refer some PolyU students to participate in his/her case
p.(None): study/group interviews. Do I need to seek human subjects ethics clearance under such circumstance?
p.(None):
p.(None): No ethics clearance is required under this circumstance because it appears to be simply a request for facilitation for
p.(None): recruitment of subjects for an external project which does not involve our staff directly in the project.
p.(None):
p.(None): BUT it is important that the students are not 'referred to participate in the project' – i.e. there must be no pressure on them, or
p.(None): any sense of coercion or obligation for the students to join. It is acceptable only for the students to be informed of the call for
p.(None): volunteers (this is the extent of the facilitation). They have to decide to join (or not) with their free and independent consent.
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None):
p.(None): 6. I am a Co-Investigator (Co-I) of a research project in which the Principle Investigator (PI) is another institute. The
p.(None): ethical approval of the research project has been obtained from the Ethics Committee of the PI institute. Do I need to
p.(None): obtain ethical approval from PolyU for the research study to be conducted in PolyU?
p.(None):
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Orphaned Trigger Words
Appendix
Indicator List
| Indicator | Vulnerability |
|---|
| authority | Relationship to Authority |
| property | Property Ownership |
| student | Student |
| volunteers | Healthy People |
Indicator Peers (Indicators in Same Vulnerability)
Trigger Words
coercion
consent
ethics
protect
Applicable Type / Vulnerability / Indicator Overlay for this Input