Chapter 16: On Witnessing Global Ethics: A Case of International Health Research Involving Human Subjects

Power and Principle in the Market Place (Law, Ethics and Economics), Edited by Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Roskilde University, Denmark, 2010

10 Pages Posted: 21 Mar 2014

Date Written: September 23, 2009

Abstract

Ethical issues arise when powerful institutions support and promote particular perspectives, and moreover work to pass these perspectives on to larger, even global, audiences. In this case of international health research involving human subjects, issues of standard of care, global inequality, and the representation of vulnerable populations as “perfect research subjects” are explored and discussed in the context of a program, attended by the author, on International Health Research Involving Human Subjects.

Keywords: Bioethics, International health research involving human subjects, Applied ethics, Pedagogy, Standard of Care, least advantaged members of society, distributive justice, global inequality, global basic structure

JEL Classification: B22, H23, I12, I31, J18, O19

Suggested Citation

Borgerson, Janet L., Chapter 16: On Witnessing Global Ethics: A Case of International Health Research Involving Human Subjects (September 23, 2009). Power and Principle in the Market Place (Law, Ethics and Economics), Edited by Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Roskilde University, Denmark, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2411536

Janet L. Borgerson (Contact Author)

DePaul University ( email )

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics
Chicago, USA
United States
5857293075 (Phone)

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