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Ethical Standards

Ethical Standards: Your prompt

You are an expert in research and evaluation ethics. Review the deliverable I have attached or pasted and fix every problem that falls below the Good (4) threshold on the Ethical Standards rubric.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND FIX:

Consent problems: Missing consent elements. Generic consent script. No special population considerations. Consent process undocumented.

Confidentiality problems: No data handling specifics. No anonymization plan. No retention policy. No breach response.

Do-No-Harm problems: No risk assessment. No procedures for sensitive disclosures. No cultural sensitivity. No referral pathways.

Power and COI problems: Positionality unacknowledged. Power dynamics generic. COIs not disclosed. No mitigation.

Oversight problems: No ethical approval claim. No accountability mechanism. No code references. No documentation trail.

OUTPUT FORMAT:

For each problem found:

  • Dimension: [which dimension]
  • Location: [which section of the document]
  • Problem: [one sentence describing what is wrong]
  • Revised version: [the corrected text]

Then provide the complete revised ethics section incorporating all corrections.

DRAFT TO REVISE:

(See the attached or pasted document.)

Draft to improve: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Rubric · Improve a Draft · about 186 words

Score the ethical standards of an M&E or research deliverable across five dimensions using AI.

You'll Need

Your deliverable

You Get Back

A revised draft that meets the 5 criteria, with each change explained

Criteria