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A Guide to Applying the AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research

“This guide provides advice for researchers in applying the principles in the AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research (the AIATSIS Code of Ethics or this Code). It is also useful for ethics review bodies to identify practical ways in which the principles should be evident in project design. The best ethical research practice occurs in the partnership, design and planning stages of a project. However, ethical practice permeates every stage of the research process and should be revisited regularly as research proceeds. In addition, where a researcher or community encounters a project that is already underway, it is important to take stock of the ethical underpinnings of the project and adjust as required.” (p.3)