title: The "Ethics Rupture" Summit, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, October 25-28, 2012.
abstract: This report explains the background of the "Ethics Rupture" Summit held in New Brunswick, Canada, October 2012, focusing on the disconnect between research-ethics policies and the nature and purpose of social-science research-an unintended "rupture" in ethics governance. Ethics is about human relationships, and the governance of ethics must reflect that fact rather than function as a bureaucratic, self-legitimating system of control. The themes that emerged from the Summit point to: structural problems with the current system; an undermining of the original, historical mission of some social-science disciplines; a discomfort with new methodologies; ethics committees and the well-being and education of social-science students; the possibilities of reform and renewal; and the next steps. Finally, the report refers in broad outlines to a "New Brunswick Declaration," which is currently being considered by participants of the Summit.
authors.affiliation: Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research and Analysis, St Thomas University, and Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, USA. will@unb.ca
authors.forename: Will C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: van den Hoonaard
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D009509:New Brunswick; D057766:Policy; D012107:Research Design; D012942:Social Sciences / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics*