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Inducements revisited.

Martin Wilkinson, Andrew Moore

    Bioethics
    |October 20, 2001
    PubMed
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    Paying research subjects is permissible, even with concerns about fairness and commercialization. This defense supports freedom of contract and guides ethics committees on managing financial incentives in research.

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    Area of Science:

    • Bioethics
    • Research Ethics

    Background:

    • Concerns exist regarding the ethical implications of providing financial inducements to research participants.
    • Previous arguments against inducements did not fully address issues of inequity, research displacement, and commercialization of the researcher-subject relationship.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To defend the permissibility of paying inducements to research subjects.
    • To counter specific ethical objections related to inequity, research crowding out, and commercialization.
    • To provide practical guidance for ethics committees regarding financial incentives in research.

    Main Methods:

    • Philosophical analysis of ethical objections.
    • Examination of factual and normative claims underlying objections to research subject payments.
    Keywords:
    Analytical ApproachBiomedical and Behavioral Research

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  • Defense of freedom of contract principles in the context of research participation.

    • Main Results:

    • The ethical objections analyzed are based on implausible factual or normative assumptions.
    • A qualified defense of freedom of contract supports the permissibility of offering inducements to research participants.
    • The paper identifies potential practical challenges and offers guidance for ethics committees.

    Conclusions:

    • Paying research subjects is ethically permissible under specific conditions.
    • Ethical concerns about inequity, research displacement, and commercialization can be addressed.
    • A framework is provided for the responsible implementation of financial incentives in research ethics.