ESDC Innovation Lab Ethics Charter

1. ESDC Innovation Lab Research Ethics Charter
This declaration expresses our deeply held commitment to research ethics. When
conducting research with people, we commit to the following principles:
1) We will respecthuman dignity
2) We will involve people in researchonly if there is a legitimate justification
for doing so
3) We will carefully evaluate the risks and benefits of the research
4) We will honour the privacy and confidentiality of the researchparticipants
5) We will engage in meaningful post-projectfollow-up to ensure
transparencyand for maximum impact
6) We will report researchresults honestly and accurately
7) We will ensure that all Innovation Lab members and collaborators
engagedin projects involving researchwith people have received
appropriate researchethics training.
For more details on these principles, please see our “Practical Guide for Research
Ethics in Government”. The foundation for this documents is Canada’s Tri-Council
Policy Statement: Ethical Conductfor Research Involving Humans (TCPS-2).
If you are interested in ethics in the context of experimentation and nudging (e.g.,
behavioural insights) specifically, we have also developed “Five Principles for
Ethical Experimentation and Nudging in Government”.