Ética em pesquisa é mais que aprovação de um comitê de ética

Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo

doi:10.33361/RPQ.2026.v.14.n.42.1601

Authors

Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo Fundação Oswaldo Cruz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33361/RPQ.2026.v.14.n.42.1601

Keywords:

Ethics, Ethics committee, Social sciences, Human sciences

Abstract

This essay addresses ethics in social research and the humanities without dwelling on ethics committees. The references are guidelines from the European Union, Norway, and the American Sociological Association. Similarities can be observed in the guidelines of the three documents, although they take into account the specificities of each field, country, or region: freedom of thought and action of the researcher; responsibility of the researcher, their institution, and those who fund it to the human dignity of participants. The focus of the documents is on the purpose of research: the good of humanity. Their results must be shared with the public to generate change. Ethics committees, indeed, must exist to prevent and curb errors by researchers and participants. The text concludes that the time of the solitary researcher, uncommitted to what they do and why, is over, as their work must support positive transformations for humanity.

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