RESI: Bookshelf

Key books and articles on research ethics:

Animal (non-human) Research

• Gilbert S, Kaebnick GE, and TH Murray, eds., (2012). Animal Research Ethics: Evolving Views and Practices, Hastings Center Special Report 42, no. 6: S1–S40.       
• Gluck JP, DiPasquale T, Orlans FB, editors. (2002). Applied ethics in animal research: philosophy, regulation, and laboratory applications. Purdue University Press.
• Lauwereyns J. (2018). Rethinking the Three R's in Animal Research: Replacement, Reduction, Refinement. Springer.
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (2005). The ethics of research involving animals. Report and consensus statement.

Biological and Health-related Research

• Bulger RE, Heitman E, Reiser SJ. (2020). The ethical dimensions of the biological and health sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Murphy TF. (2004). Case studies in biomedical research ethics. MIT Press.
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2016). Gene drives on the horizon: advancing science, navigating uncertainty, and aligning research with public values. National Academies Press.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2010). New Directions: The Ethics of Synthetic Biology and Emerging Technologies.

Community-based and Community-engaged Research

• Pitts M, and Smith A, editors. (2007). Researching the margins: strategies for ethical and rigorous research with marginalised communities. Springer.

Computing, Digital, and Information Technologies

• Chameau JL, Ballhaus WF, Lin H, editors. (2014). Emerging and readily available technologies and national security: a framework for addressing ethical, legal, and societal issues. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
• Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. (2009). Ensuring the integrity, accessibility, and stewardship of research data in the digital age. National Academies Press.
• The Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship, Force11.org. Guiding principles for findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable data publishing version B1.0
• Slaon SS, Rapporteurs JA. (2019). Data matters: ethics, data, and international research collaboration in a changing world: proceedings of a workshop. National Academies Press.

Defense, Dual Use, and Weapons Research

• Forge J. (2012). Designed to kill: The case against weapons research. Springer Science & Business Media.
• Forge J. (2019). The Morality of Weapons Research: Why it is Wrong to Design Weapons. Springer.
• Himes KR. (2015). Drones and the ethics of targeted killing. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Miller S, Selgelid MJ. (2008). Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-Use Dilemma in the Biological Sciences, Springer.
• Lentos F. (2015). Dual Use in Biology & Biomedicine: Background Paper. Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

Engineering Research and Robotics

• Arenberg CR, Hollander R, editors. (2009). Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research: What's Been Learned? What Should Be Done? Summary of a Workshop. National Academies Press.
• Lin P, Abney K, Bekey GA. (2014). Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
• Müller VC, editor. (2017). Philosophy and theory of artificial intelligence. Springer; (Part of the Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics book series (SAPERE, volume 44).

Education Research

• Smeyers P, and Depaepe M, editors. (2018). Educational research: ethics, social justice, and funding dynamics. Springer.

Environmental, Geological, and Sustainability Research

• Acevedo RD, Frías RM, editors. (2018). Geoethics in Latin America. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
• Gundersen LC, editor. (2017). Scientific integrity and ethics in the geosciences. John Wiley & Sons.
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (2011). Biofuels: ethical issues. Report and consensus statement.

History of Research and Research Ethics

• Jones JH. (1993). Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. Free Press, New York.
• Koepsell D. (2016). Scientific integrity and research ethics: an approach from the ethos of science. Springer.
• Lederer SE. (1995). Subjected to science. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• The Nuremberg code (1947).
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2011). "Ethically Impossible" STD Research in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948.

Human Subjects Research / Clinical Research

• 45 Code of Federal Regulation 46. Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects ('Common Rule' revised regulatory text).
• Emanuel EJ, et al. (2003). Ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research: readings and commentary.
• King NM, Henderson G, Stein J, editors. (1999). Beyond regulations: ethics in human subjects research. UNC Press Books.
• Emanuel EJ, Grady CC, Crouch RA, Lie RK, Miller FG, Wendler DD, editors. (2008). The Oxford textbook of clinical research ethics. Oxford University Press.
• Department of Health and Human Services. US Government. Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries Report and Recommendations.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries Commissioned Papers.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants Report and Recommendations.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants Commissioned Papers.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (1998). Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity Report and Recommendations.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (1999). Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity Commissioned Papers.
• National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. (1979). The Belmont Report.
• The Nuremberg Code. (1947).
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2013). Anticipate and Communicate: Ethical Management of Incidental and Secondary Findings in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-to-Consumer Contexts.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2011). Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2013). Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research.
• Resnik DB. (2018). The ethics of research with human subjects: protecting people, advancing science, promoting trust. Springer.
• Vanderpool HY, editor. (1996). The ethics of research involving human subjects: facing the 21st century. University Publishing Group, Frederick, Maryland.
• World Medical Association. (2013). The Declaration of Helsinki (1964-2002) The World Medical Association's statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects. Amended 2013.

Laboratory Research

• Chevassus-au-Louis N. (2019). Fraud in the lab: the high stakes of scientific research. Harvard University Press.

Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research

• Comstock G. (2012). Research ethics: a philosophical guide to the responsible conduct of research. Cambridge University Press.
• Müller VC, editor. (2017). Philosophy and theory of artificial intelligence. Springer; Part of the Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics book series (SAPERE, volume 44).

Research Ethics (General)

• Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; Policy and Global Affairs. 2009. On Being a Scientist : A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
• Erwin E, Gendin S, Kleiman L, editors. (1994). Ethical issues in scientific research: An anthology. Routledge.
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. (2017). Fostering integrity in research : a consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
• Oliver P. (2010). The student's guide to research ethics. McGraw-Hill Education (UK).
• Salkind NJ. (2011). 100 questions (and answers) about research methods. Sage.
• Stewart Jr CN. (2011). Research ethics for scientists: a companion for students. John Wiley & Sons.

Responsible Conduct of Research

• Gunsalus, CK. (2006). The college administrator's survival guide. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674023154.
• Gunsalus, CK. (2012). The young professional's survival guide: from cab fares to moral snares. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
• Macrina FL. (2014). Scientific integrity: Text and cases in responsible conduct of research. John Wiley & Sons.
• Seadle M. (2016). Quantifying Research Integrity. San Rafael: Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
• Shamoo AE, Resnik DB. (2009). Responsible conduct of research. Oxford University Press.

Social Science, Social Media, and Qualitative Research

• Crowder JW, Fortun M, Besara R, Poirier L. (2020) Anthropological data in the digital age. Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Hammersley M, Traianou A. (2012). Ethics in qualitative research: controversies and contexts. Sage.
• Iphofen R, editor. (2017). Finding common ground: consensus in research ethics across the social sciences. Emerald Group Publishing.
• Iphofen R, Tolich M, editors. (2018). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research ethics. Sage.
• Israel M, Hay I. (2006). Research ethics for social scientists. Sage.
• Miller T, Birch M, Mauthner ML, Jessop J, (2012). Ethics in qualitative research. Sage.
• Mertens DM, Ginsberg PE, editors. (2009). Social research ethics. Sage.
• Qualitative Data Sharing. (2023). Qualitative Data Sharing (QDS) Toolkit. 
• Wiles R. (2012). What are qualitative research ethics? A&C Black.
• Woodfield K, editor. (2017). The ethics of online research. Emerald Group Publishing.

US Government Reports and Regulations

• 45 Code of Federal Regulation 46. Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects ('Common Rule' revised regulatory text).
• Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). US Government. Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries Report and Recommendations
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries Commissioned Papers
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants Report and Recommendations.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (2001). Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants Commissioned Papers.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (1998). Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity Report and Recommendations.
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission. (1999). Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity Commissioned Papers.
• National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. (1979). The Belmont Report.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2013). Anticipate and Communicate: Ethical Management of Incidental and Secondary Findings in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-to-Consumer Contexts.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2011). Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2010). New Directions: The Ethics of Synthetic Biology and Emerging Technologies.
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. (2013). Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research.