Learning from the PREPARED Experience: Recommendations for Enhancing the Effectiveness and Credibility of New Ethics Codes

Abstract

As the risks of ethics and integrity breaches are higher during times of crisis, guidance that enables accelerated research without violating ethics values is essential. This chapter draws upon the lessons learned from a broad range of activities underpinning the development of the PREPARED Code to make recommendations for future developers of ethics codes. Recommendations take the form of key ingredients to help future developers enhance the effectiveness and credibility of ethics codes: building the code on real world risks, aligned with moral values, through transparent and inclusive development processes and with implementation support.