Hoonaard, WC2019-09-252019-09-252016-05-2220162155-9627http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/152943"Despite their growth and extension of power, overworked ethics review committees are limping along. Many have commented on the structural problems of the regime: the inability of ethics committees to make consistent decisions [1,2] the inability of ethics committees, despite their local strength, to eوٴect any necessary policy changes, and the long periods of abeyance for national agencies to bring about essential amendments in ethics codes. Other scholars (some are listed in endnote 2) have found other weaknesses in the system. Finally, Нe costs are astronomical [3,4]."engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)Research ethicsBrunswick declarationIntegrityGovernancePolitical ethicsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsGovernance and ethicsBioethicsMedical ethicsArticle