HOST Policy Research: Statement of Research Ethics
HOST believes that all aspects of the development, design and implementation, analysis, reporting and dissemination of research and evaluation studies need to be carried out within an ethic of respect for persons, knowledge, democratic values and quality. HOST’s ethical guidelines have been developed in particular from research-related guidance from the Government’s Social Research Unit, and the British Educational Research Association. HOST is committed to the Market Research Society’s Code of Conduct. This means that HOST studies for all client organisations respect responsibility to:
- The research profession.
- Research participants.
- The public and contributors to evidence collection and interpretation.
- Client organisations and funding agencies.
- Dissemination and publication.
HOST has also developed its own Code for Conducting Business that is based around causing no harm, respect and trustworthiness.
“I gained more knowledge about how best to gather information for research purposes and the limitations.”