Douglas, Peter2019-09-252019-09-252015-10-2020121836-6716http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/228710"In setting national standards for the ethical review of human research in Australia, the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (NS) (2007) does not aim to be exhaustively prescriptive, and so requires a degree of ethical reflection when applying the principles of research merit and integrity, justice, beneficence and respect. There are two broad ways in which this need for ethical reflection can be understood. On an objectivist interpretation, an adequate level of ethical expertise is required to ensure the informed application and implementation of these principles"engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)national standardshuman researchEthical ConductjusticePolitical ethicsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsMethods of ethicsBioethicsArticle