Research ethics
From Thursday, 16 September 2021, all ethics applications will be submitted via Massey University's Upgraded Research Information Management System (RIMS). Access to RIMS and all information regarding policy, application processes and guidance material can be found on OneMassey (Staff) and MyHub (Students).
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:
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Code of Ethical Conduct for Research, Teaching and Evaluations involving Human Participants
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Code of Ethical Conduct for the Use of Animals for Research, Testing and Teaching
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Code of Conduct for Research involving the Importation or Development of Low Risk Genetically Modified Organisms using Recombinant DNA
The responsible conduct of research memo
Responsible conduct of research memo (58 KB)
outlines the various Codes of Practice and relevant legislation with which researchers must comply.
Data Security: Massey University Code of Responsible Research Conduct requires researchers to carefully consider how data will be made secure. The following link provides guidance on this:
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 the Courtyard Complex of the Manawatu Campus, Palmerston North. This office administers the committees and maintains application procedures.
The Codes, Terms of Reference of the committees and details of application procedures are available in the following sections of the Ethics site: