TCPS 2 (2022) EXAM: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION"
Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans - TCPS 2 (2018) -
answers✔✔In Canada, the main guidance document for the ethics of research involving human
participants is the
- answers✔✔Respect for human dignity is the fundamental value that lies at the heart of the
TCPS 2
Respect for Persons
Concern for Welfare
Justice - answers✔✔In the TCPS 2, three complementary core principles serve as the guide to
ethical research involving human participants:
means avoiding exposing participants to unnecessary risks - answers✔✔Concern for Welfare
refers to a dual obligation to treat persons as well as groups and communities: 1) fairly and 2)
equitably. - answers✔✔Justice
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); and the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) - answers✔✔Canada's three main research funding agencies; developed the
TCPS in 1998 in order to have a single source of guidance for research ethics
The Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research (SRCR)
, The Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) - answers✔✔they jointly established two bodies responsible
for the TCPS.
- answers✔✔TCPS 2 provides guidance for the ethical conduct of research involving human
participants.
- answers✔✔For researchers in Canada, compliance with the TCPS 2 is a condition of Agency
funding and a requirement for all research conducted under the auspices of an eligible
institution
Who carries out the research;
What the source of funding is, if any; and
Where the research is conducted. - answers✔✔Where the TCPS 2 applies, it does regardless of:
- - answers✔✔Researchers should anticipate, and must attempt to resolve, any conflicts that
arise between ethics considerations and legal obligations.
- - answers✔✔Failure to comply with the TCPS 2 may result in a recourse taken by the
researcher's institution, and by the Agencies.
Correct - A graduate student at an eligible Canadian college conducting self-funded research on
political protest groups by interviewing members of those groups.
Correct - A professor at an eligible Canadian university who is conducting research in Brazil on
educational initiatives involving Indigenous Peoples.
An independent researcher hired by a private company to conduct research on consumer brand
loyalties.
Correct - A researcher at an eligible academic institution conducts research within that
institution that is funded by their department, not the Agencies;
Correct - A master's student at an eligible institution conducts their research with street youth,
not on the premises of the institution;
Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans - TCPS 2 (2018) -
answers✔✔In Canada, the main guidance document for the ethics of research involving human
participants is the
- answers✔✔Respect for human dignity is the fundamental value that lies at the heart of the
TCPS 2
Respect for Persons
Concern for Welfare
Justice - answers✔✔In the TCPS 2, three complementary core principles serve as the guide to
ethical research involving human participants:
means avoiding exposing participants to unnecessary risks - answers✔✔Concern for Welfare
refers to a dual obligation to treat persons as well as groups and communities: 1) fairly and 2)
equitably. - answers✔✔Justice
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); and the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) - answers✔✔Canada's three main research funding agencies; developed the
TCPS in 1998 in order to have a single source of guidance for research ethics
The Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research (SRCR)
, The Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) - answers✔✔they jointly established two bodies responsible
for the TCPS.
- answers✔✔TCPS 2 provides guidance for the ethical conduct of research involving human
participants.
- answers✔✔For researchers in Canada, compliance with the TCPS 2 is a condition of Agency
funding and a requirement for all research conducted under the auspices of an eligible
institution
Who carries out the research;
What the source of funding is, if any; and
Where the research is conducted. - answers✔✔Where the TCPS 2 applies, it does regardless of:
- - answers✔✔Researchers should anticipate, and must attempt to resolve, any conflicts that
arise between ethics considerations and legal obligations.
- - answers✔✔Failure to comply with the TCPS 2 may result in a recourse taken by the
researcher's institution, and by the Agencies.
Correct - A graduate student at an eligible Canadian college conducting self-funded research on
political protest groups by interviewing members of those groups.
Correct - A professor at an eligible Canadian university who is conducting research in Brazil on
educational initiatives involving Indigenous Peoples.
An independent researcher hired by a private company to conduct research on consumer brand
loyalties.
Correct - A researcher at an eligible academic institution conducts research within that
institution that is funded by their department, not the Agencies;
Correct - A master's student at an eligible institution conducts their research with street youth,
not on the premises of the institution;
