Human Subjects Research and Investigation
Overview
Publiks is committed to fostering and conducting the most beneficial, humane and respectful modes of research and investigation involving human subjects.
Therefore, persons and entities engaged in activity within, for, on behalf of, in reference to and more generally pertaining to Publiks are expected to uphold the following:
Your Agreement
— With respect to the Agreement you enter into with Publiks via the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
Your Consent to The Policy
— With respect to your ability to agree and consent to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you represent and warrant the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent, as delineated and described in a the Codes and Policies — for the specific purpose of consenting to this Policy, the Agreement and the Codes and Policies.
Your Abiding by The Policies
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation and the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time, and in its entirety without modification.
Your Understanding of Human Subjects Research
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of human subjects research and investigation as defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be respected and not misused or unethically conducted, in any way, by you.
Your Understanding of Biospecimens, Data and Information
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of biospecimens, data, and information as defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be respected and not misused or unethically processed, in any way, by you.
Your Understanding of Human Subjects Research Principles and Rights
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of human subjects research principles and of human subjects research rights as defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be respected and not infringed or violated, in any way, by you.
Your Understanding of Human Subjects Research Protections
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by protections for human subjects, for human subjects research, for biospecimens, data, and information, for human subjects principles and for human subjects rights, as they are provided for and defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be fulfilled and respected and not breached or violated, in any way, by you.
Your Commitment to Understandings
— You also represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the aforementioned attestation, your commitment to these understandings of human subjects, of human subjects research, of biospecimens, data, and information, of human subjects principles, of human subjects rights, and of its protections shall entail the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
Your Duty to the Policy
— With respect to your duty to the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, you represent and warrant that you understand and shall adhere to such duty by way of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Your Accordance with Ethics
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
Your Accordance with Mission
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the founding mission and purposes of Publiks and The Ikoku Group, without incompatibility, as described and delineated in the Codes and Policies and the Founder’s Agreement.
Further Considerations
Your Knowledge and Agreement
Publiks strongly recommends you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so asks that you read, understand, and regularly visit this section and other communications regarding the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, as well as the Codes and Policies. Publiks takes your continued access, activity, communication, engagement, operation, participation, and other use or visiting of the Products and Services, as active indication of your knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.
Your Duty to Organizational Integrity
And you further legally accept and agree that no application, interpretation, judgment, or other compliance, proceeding, or reading from, of, with, or otherwise relating to the Founding Ethics, the Codes and Policies, or any equivalent code, policy, or other document or material shall, in any way, entail any abrogation, diminishment, interference, or violation pertaining to any of the terms, conditions, principles, requirements, rights — including the attendant properties and protections — of company and organizational integrity.
Your Questions and Feedback
Please contact policies@publiks.org with any feedback, issues, or questions — to be addressed to and by the President and CEO, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Your Reporting of Violations
If you detect, notice, become aware of, or are informed of a possible breach or violation of this Policy or any of the Codes and Policies, please contact policies@publiks.org with any details you have — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
The Definitions
As with all official documents, materials, policies, and statements of Publiks, definitions for terms used here can be found in the main Codes and Policies section.
The Policy Details
Provision
Along with the above key principles, the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation requires attention to correlative principles, rights, and responsibilities delineated below, and strongly recommended steps for enhancing compliance.
A — Basic Principles
The Principles of Research and Investigation
There are fifteen (15) overarching principles of human subjects research and investigation. Publiks shall fulfill such principles before, during and after conducting human subjects research and investigation, especially when accessing or otherwise process biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying, or relating to you. The Policy will elaborate in some detail upon each of these principles as you proceed on this section. In the meantime do keep in mind that, as much as feasibly and reasonably possible, Publiks endeavors to have each instance of human subjects research and investigation fulfill all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Applicability
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine the applicability of this Policy to any activity or operation within, for, on behalf of, in reference to and more generally pertaining to Publiks, as well as such activities and operations seeking funding or support of Publiks. It should be understood that Publiks determines such activity or operation to constitute human subjects research or human subjects investigation when all three of the following apply:
Research and Investigation Activities Not Exempt Under Policy: Contrary to certain guidelines on human subjects research — and due to past and recent abuse of such protocols — the following activities and operations are not exempt from this Policy and rigorous review:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Approval and Certification
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to review — and either not approve or certify for approval — projects, proposals, protocols and studies in human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines a given research or investigation study to be adequately reviewed only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Beneficence
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine beneficence before, during and after human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines such research and investigation to be beneficent only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Non-Maleficence
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine non-maleficence before, during and after human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines such research and investigation to be non-maleficent only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Justice
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine justice before, during and after human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines such research and investigation to be just only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Lawfulness
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine and ensure the lawfulness of human subjects research and investigation, especially when processing biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. It should be understood that Publiks determines such research and investigation to be lawful only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Purpose
Below are subsequent criteriaPubliks shall follow to determine and ensure the quality of the purposes for human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines a purpose for research or investigation to be appropriate, ethical and respectful only if and to the extent that allof the following apply:
Furthermore, Publiks determines a purpose to be legitimate only if and to the extent that the above and all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Informed Consent
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow in determining and ensuring informed consent before, during and after human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines your informed consent to be adequately addressed via a five-part evaluation.
The first part consists of a statement of community standards Publiks upholds with respect to consent and their subsequent ethics requirements:
The second part consists of the standard Publiks shall follow in asking for and maintaining consent before, during and after human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines consent to be given and maintained only if and to the extent that the following standard has been met:
As you may already be able to tell from the paragraph above, consent is a high-quality standard, and an important basis for the work Publiks does regarding human subjects research and investigation. Publiks wishes for you to be educated as well as informed during your decisions to give or withdraw consent. And to do that the Policy will start here to break consent into its essential components and explain each one.
So the third part of our evaluation concerns making sure you are in a situation where your consent can be freely given and meaningful.
The next part of the Policy evaluation has to do with making sure the consent process reasonably informs you — as the potential human subject under study. That typically occurs when the form, page, part, presentation or request for consent fulfills requirements for reasonably transparent communication and notification regarding human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines the consent process to be reasonably informing only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
The fifth and final component has to do with establishing clarity, identity and understanding during the consent process itself. It is best to explain this component of consent as the Policy places all five parts together. It should thus be clearer, now, when the Policy states that Publiks endeavors to achieve and maintain a quality of informed consent meeting the above standard, by having all of the following apply:
Addendum — What About Assent?: Then there are situations — as the Policy alluded to earlier — where the consent you give cannot be considered freely given and meaningful, or you may not be able to properly give consent at all — or to all that you and the researcher prospectively envision will develop during the research or investigation study. Here, Publiks still insists on treating you as a human being and individual as much as possible, and so after carrying out the informing consent process in good faith, the policy evaluation shall proceed through the order below and determine your assent to have been fulfilled when one of the following applies:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
*As a clarifying indication of how highly protective measures should be under conditions of informed assent (or consent): note that applying the principles of necessity, non-identification, minimization and sensitivity insists that mechanisms for performance and security-related review or testing at Publiks should still normally be developed and conducted without resorting to personal profiling, surveillance or tracking.
Principles of Necessity and Minimization
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine and ensure necessity and minimizationbefore, during and after human subjects research and investigation, especially when processing biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. It should be understood that Publiks determines necessity and minimization to be adequately addressed only if and to the extent that allof the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Non-Identification
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine and maintain non-identification before, during and after human subjects research and investigation, especially when processing biospecimens, data, or information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. It should be understood that Publiks determines non-identification to be adequately addressed via a two-part evaluation.
The first consists of a statement of Publiks’s preferred (or normative) approach to methods design when it comes to handling biospecimens, data, and information:
The second part of the evaluation for non-identification is a statement of our methods default (or normative) position when handling biospecimens, data, and information that are no longer identifying:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
*you may learn more about the principles of protection and security by design and by default on this Policy section under Principles of Protection and Security; similarly, you may learn more about the principles of confidentiality and privacy by design and by default on this Policy section under Principles of Confidentiality and Privacy.
Principles of Privacy and Confidentiality
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to maintain privacy and confidentialitybefore, during and after human subjects research and investigation, especially when processing biospecimens, data, or information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. It should be understood that Publiks determines privacy and confidentiality to be adequately addressed only if and to the extent that allof the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principles of Protection and Security
Below are subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow to determine and ensure adequate levels of protectionand security before, during and after human subjects research and investigation, especially when processing biospecimens, data, or information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. It should be understood that Publiks determines protection and security to be adequately addressed only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
*As a clarifying indication of how highly protective measures should be, even under conditions of informed consent (or assent): note that applying the principles of necessity, non-identification, minimization and sensitivity insists that mechanisms for performance and security-related review or testing at Publiks should still normally be developed and conducted without resorting to personal profiling, surveillance or tracking.
Principle of Sensitivity
Below are subsequent criteria that Publiks shall follow to determine and ensure stricter protections for sensitivity before, during and after human subjects research and investigation, especially when processing sensitivebiospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. It should be understood that Publiks determines sensitivity to be adequately addressed via a four-part evaluation.
The first consists of a definition of sensitivity — which helps us determine or decide whether and what to treat as sensitive biospecimens, data, and information:
The second part of the evaluation for sensitivity and for the protection of sensitive biospecimens, data, and information is a statement of our default (or normative) position — which is to prohibit the processing of sensitive biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you:
The third part of the evaluation for sensitivity and for the protection of sensitive biospecimens, data, and information is a statement of the narrow exception Publiks shall be expected to consider and possibly allow, as well as the conditions for such review:
The fourth part of the evaluation for sensitivity and for the protection of sensitive biospecimens, data, and information consists of a set of request situations Publiks expects to receive, asking to be added to the above narrow exception, and our further expectation that The Publiks Group shall typically decide to either (a) insist on review and consent via the conditions delineated above or (b) insist on review and consent via the conditions delineated above and additional regulation:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
*you may learn more about the principles of protection and security by design and by default on this Policy section under Principles of Protection and Security; similarly, you may learn more about the principles of confidentiality and privacy by design and by default on this Policy section under Principles of Privacy and Confidentiality.
Principle of Transparency
Below are the subsequent criteria Publiks shall follow when addressing any communication or notification to the public or to you regarding human subjects research and investigation. It should be understood that Publiks determines such communication and notification to be reasonably transparent only if and to the extent that all of the following apply:
Furthermore, where any such communication and notification is addressed to you — specifically regarding any human subjects research or investigation involving your participation and any biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you — Publiks determines such communication and notification to be fulland transparent only if and to the extent that all of the following also apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Principle of Commensurability
The principle of commensurability and its criteria delineated below are followed by Publiks in recognition of the likelihood that contexts will arise where it seems that two or more interests, persons, principles, rights or responsibilities render the fulfillment of human subjects research and investigation policies incommensurable, when they do not. Publiks feels that where it is asserted that there is no common basis for the comparison of policy claims or injunctions, other much less fair or ideal approaches take the place vacated by prior information and notice, managed expectations, analysis and deliberation, consideration, discernment, judgment and respect. It is better, therefore, to assert the existence of, and clarify a rubric for, just such a common basis at Publiks. It consists of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
B — Basic Rights
The Rights of Research and Investigation
The above principles of human subjects research and investigation also provide you — as the human subject under study — fifteen (15) overarching rights of human subjects research and investigation. Publiks should fulfill, respect and help you exercise such rights when conducting research or investigation on, about or otherwise relating you, and when processing biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying, or otherwise relating to you. The Policy will elaborate in some detail upon each of these rights as you proceed on this section. In the meantime do keep in mind two opening points to be made here.
First, that the exercising of any freedoms, liberties or rights — and the fulfillment of any principles and responsibilities — shall not confer or entail any right of access to Publiks or Publiks Administration (or any correlative rights, duties and obligations concerning any equivalent access, level of openness or transparency) to any natural or legal person other than the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
And second, that, given the aforementioned, and as much as feasibly and reasonably possible, Publiks endeavors to have human subjects research and investigation fulfill all of your following rights:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Be Informed
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to be reasonably informed regarding research or investigation studies and activities conducted in relation to you. And your rights to be reasonably informed are also regarding biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. Such rights therefore include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights Concerning Research On or About Human Subjects
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to be reasonably informed regarding research or investigation studies and activities conducted in relation to you. And your rights to be reasonably informed are also regarding research biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you.
You shall have such rights to be thusly informed where such research or investigation activities are conducted directly on, about and relating to you; and also where such biospecimens, data, and information are provided by you and processed from, about and relating to you. Such rights therefore include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights Concerning Research via Automation
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights — to not be subject to —and also to be reasonably informed regarding research and investigation activities conducted on or about you by means of automation or automated methods. And your rights to be reasonably informed are also regarding research biospecimens, data, and information processed from or about you by means of automation or automated methods.
You shall have such rights to thusly refuse and to be thusly informed especially where such uses of automation and automated methods have a legal or similarly significant effect concerning you. Such rights therefore include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Consent
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to be asked, give and withdraw informed consent to participating in a research or investigation study and to the processing of biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. You shall also have the right to an informing consent process, and to your knowledge of and participation in an assent process concerning you. Such rights include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Confidentiality
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to confidentiality before, during and after Publiks conducts research or investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you, and before, during and after Publiks processes biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. You shall also have the absolute rights to confidential conversation. Such rights include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Privacy
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to privacy before, during and after Publiks conducts research or investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you, and before, during and after Publiks processes biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. You shall also have the absolute rights to private conversation and to private thought. Such rights require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Protection, Safety and Security
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to adequate protection, safety, and security of yourself and biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you — before, during and after their processing and any research or investigation conducting on, about or relating to you. You shall also have the rights to protect your intellectual, real and organizational property and proprietary rights before, during and after such research and such processing. Such rights include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Ensure and Verify
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonably ensure and verify the fulfillment of principles of human subjects research and investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you, and of research processing of biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. Such rights include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
*to offer a clarifying example of reasonably transparent communication with these principles in mind: a good response to a request to ensure and verify may include written confirmation that a limited-scope but deep review has shown specified categories of data and information collected from specified categories or users, over the past year, have been and continue to be irreversibly anonymized.
Rights to Access
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonable access to public or published reports of human subjects research and investigation attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. Such rights shall include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Portability
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonable portability of public or published results of human subjects research and investigation attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. Such rights shall include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Object and Stop
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonably object to and have stopped, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, any or all human subjects research and investigation — including access or other processing of biospecimens, data, and information — specifically attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. You shall have such rights especially, but not limited to, when any of the following applies:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Restrict Research
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonably obtain from Publiks, at any time, a restriction of any and all human subjects research and investigation — including access or other processing of biospecimens, data, and information — specifically attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. You shall have such rights especially, but not limited to, when any of the following applies:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Removal
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights, upon confirmed decision to object, restrict, stop or withdraw, to have reasonably removed — including deleted, destroyed or erased — yourself and records of your participation in the study as well as biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to solely you. Such rights shall include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Remedy
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonable remedy following an ethics review of human subjects research and investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you, and of research processing of biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. Such rights shall require all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Rights to Notification
As the human subject under study, you shall have the rights to reasonable notification of persons following decisions and actions taken during an ethics review of human subjects research and investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you, and of research processing of biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying or otherwise relating to you. Such rights shall include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
C — Central Responsibilities
The Responsibilities of Research Administration
The above principles of human subjects research and investigation — and their attendant rights of human subjects research and investigation — also incur ten (10) central responsibilities for the administration and management of human subjects research and investigation. Publiks shall fulfill and retain such responsibilities with respect to all human subjects research and investigation it conducts and supports, especially when accessing or otherwise processing biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying, or otherwise relating to you. The Policy will elaborate in some detail upon each of these responsibilities as you proceed on this section. In the meantime do keep in mind two opening points to be made here.
First, that Publiks and specifically the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, consider these responsibilities to be under the purview of their own Rights to Property — and so take any attempts to abrogate, diminish, disrupt, reduce or weaken their capacity to fulfill, maintain or retain such responsibilities very seriously, directing you to the notice on Your Duty to Organizational Integrity at the top of this Policy section.
And second, that, given the aforementioned, it should be understood that Publiks and the Founder shall have human subjects research and investigation conducted under all of the following conditions:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Study
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have the responsibilities for determining and accounting for the conception, purposes and design, parameters, primary fields and forms of studies in human subjects research and investigation. Publiks is responsible for assessing and deciding, for instance, their content, context, nature and scope as well as their focus of inquiry or testing, mode of inquiry or testing, null hypothesis or thesis, interactions, interventions and primary procedures. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Subjects
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have the responsibilities for determining and accounting for the characteristics, parameters and qualities of the human subjects groups and their selection in human subjects research and investigation. Publiks is responsible for deciding and controlling, for instance, their cultural, demographic or physical nature, their diversity or similarity along selected factors, their communities, location or situations as well as their random or equitable selection, protections, safety and security during such research and investigation. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Processing
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have the responsibilities for determining and accounting for the characteristics, parameters, qualities and processing of biospecimens, data and information in human subjects research and investigation. Publiks is responsible for deciding and controlling, for instance, their nature and scope, as well as context, purposes and content.
With respect to the biospecimens, data, and information themselves, such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
With respect to the processing of such biospecimens, data, and information, the above responsibilities also require that allof the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Measures and Methods
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have the responsibilities for assessing and determining the computational, organizational and technical measures and methods of human subjects research and investigation. Publiks is responsible for deciding and controlling, for instance, the adequacy, appropriateness and effectiveness of such measures and methods for specific research and investigation purposes, study designs, human subjects groups, as well as biospecimens, data, and information and their processing. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Risk
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have the responsibilities for assessing and minimizing risks to you and to your rights as the human subject under study. Publiks is responsible for anticipating and reducing risks, for instance, of varying likelihood, number, origin and severity, as well as assessing and ensuring favorable relations between benefit and risk, as found in a specific proposed then reviewed study, with particular attention to study design, human subjects groups, sets of methods, sets of biospecimens, data, and information, and their processing.
The assessment of risk is among the most important responsibilities Publiks can carry out for you. Such responsibilities therefore entail a one- or three-part evaluation, depending on the level of risk The Publiks Group discerns. The first part of the evaluation, which every proposed research or investigation undergoes, requires that all of the following apply:
The second part of the evaluation occurs when a research and processing risks assessment is indicated. Understanding when that is required shall entail the anticipation and assessment of the level of risk to you and the level of difficulty you may or will likely have in exercising your human subjects research and investigation rights — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore conduct such a research and processing risks assessment where there is any of the following:
The final part of the research and processing risks assessment shall first entail, as in the early determination of risk above, a delineation and description of the factors for, likelihood, number, origin and severity of risks. And then the assessment shall include all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Protections, Safety and Security
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have the responsibilities for developing and ensuring protections, safety and security for human subjects research and investigation. Publiks shall have such protections responsibilities to ensure measures are commensurate with the specificities of research activities and studies, biospecimens, data, and information, their processing, and the administration and management of research and investigation. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Notification
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have all responsibilities for reasonably transparent communication and notification upon any breach or violation in human subjects research and investigation. Publiks shall have such notification responsibilities when intended recipient is you, any other human subject or natural or legal persons concerned, and any applicable regulatory authority. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Records
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have all responsibilities for creating, maintaining and safekeeping accurate books and records for human subjects research and investigation. Publiks shall have such books and records responsibilities for proposals, protocols and projects, research activities and studies, biospecimens, data, and information, their processing, and the administration and management of research and investigation. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
Publiks shall create, maintain and safely keep all books and records for the research or investigation study, biospecimens, data, and information, and their processing, including where appropriate and possible in a manner adhering to Principles of Non-Identification and Transparency, and so where appropriate and possible in versions of records that are de-identified and de-personalized via their categorization, making sure they contain all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Approval, Authorization and Transfer
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have all responsibilities for approval, authorization, assignment, delegation and transfer pertaining to human subjects research and investigation. Publiks shall have all such authorization and oversight responsibilities for research activities and studies, biospecimens, data, and information, their processing and the administration and management of research and investigation. Publiks shall also have all such authorization and oversight responsibilities internally and externally, including for any partner, third party, third country or international organization. Such responsibilities therefore require that all of the following apply:
Furthermore, where there is the assignment or delegation of any research, investigation or processing, or their administration or management, there should also be a contract or equivalent legal instrument — between Publiks and the person or third party to receive the assignment or delegation (the “assignee” or “delegate”) — written, approved, agreed to and signed by all parties, and containing all of the following:
In addition to the above provisions, where there is a transfer of research, investigation or processing, their administration or management, or biospecimens, data, and information to a third party, third country or international organization, there should also be a contract or equivalent legal instrument — between Publiks and the third party or third country or international organization to receive the transfer (the “transferee”) — written, approved, agreed to and signed by all parties, and containing all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Responsibilities for Review
Publiks — when conducting research and investigation on, about or otherwise relating to you — shall have all responsibilities for ensuring that the research and investigation studies, biospecimens, data, and information, their processing, and the administration and management of research and investigation are and remain in accordance with internal and external standards. Publiks shall have all such responsibilities with respect to IRB and Founder review procedures, the Policy on Human Subjects Research and Investigation, its principles, rights, and responsibilities, our Codes and Policies, as well as applicable field-specific guidelines, law and mandatory regulations. Such responsibilities therefore require that all of the following apply:
Publiks shall also have the responsibilities for reviewing and updating computational, organizational and technical measures, including methods, of human subjects research and investigation. Publiks is responsible for ensuring that such measures and methods are optimally adequate, appropriate and effective for the research or investigation study, biospecimens, data, and information, their processing, and the administration and management of research and investigation. Such responsibilities require that all of the following apply:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
D — Additional Guidelines
The Contexts for Additional Requirements
The overarching principles, rights, and responsibilities of human subjects research and investigation — as well as the processes and standards of IRB and Founder review — necessitate the consideration of twenty (20) expected contexts of human subjects research and investigation that incur additional ethics requirements. Publiks shall meet such requirements before, during and after conducting human subjects research and investigation in these contexts, especially when accessing or otherwise processing biospecimens, data, and information attributable to, identifying, or otherwise relating to you.
The contexts for additional requirements tend to arise from two recurring situational concerns. First, where the nature of consent is at issue — as when the research subject is a person vulnerable to coercion — and there is need to place protective restrictions on the kind of research to ask consent (or assent) for, as well as the conditions under which that consent request should be made. Second, when the risks assessment Publiks carries out determines an anticipated high risk of difficulty for you and other human subjects to effectively exercise your human subjects research and investigation rights. Think, for instance, of research on children, prisoners and students, or research conducted by public officials or social scientists on communities, public programs or transit spaces.
The Policy will elaborate in some detail upon each of these contexts as you proceed through this Policy section. In the meantime do keep in mind that, as much as feasibly and reasonably possible, Publiks endeavors to have each instance of human subjects research and investigation — as well as IRB and Founder review — pay specific ethics attention to all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Archival and Humanistic Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research and investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of archival and humanistic research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for knowledge and publication in the archival sciences and humanities — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Archival and Humanistic Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research and investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of archival and humanistic research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for knowledge and publication in the archival sciences and humanities — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Artistic and Creative Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research and investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of artistic and creative research. Publiks recognizes that research or investigation significantly focusing on your person or life, or conducted on artistic or creative material, data and information from, about or otherwise relating to you requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Benign Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research and investigation activities on, about or otherwise relating to you in a manner, via methods and with data and information described or understood as benign. Publiks recognizes that the designation of research as benign requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of civil liberties and civil rights research. Publiks recognizes such rights research to require rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent protections for you and other vulnerable human subjects, especially when undergoing forms of discrimination, disenfranchisement, marginalization, persecution, stigmatization and other violations of or infringements on rights. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Commercial, Financial and Direct Marketing Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of commercial, financial and marketing research. Publiks recognizes research in fields with clear and immediate for-profit applications requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent protections for you and other human subjects under study, especially when such research potentially involves sensitive data and information. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Criminal Justice Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of criminal justice and criminal justice research. Publiks recognizes criminal justice research to require rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent protections for you and other vulnerable human subjects, especially when under court order, surveillance, or other equivalently significant legal effects. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Deception Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research and investigation activities on, about or otherwise relating to you in a manner, including using methods of deception, that does not permit you to know the nature or purpose of the study. Publiks recognizes that deception research requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Demographic and Public Opinion Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of demographic and public opinion research. Publiks recognizes such population and polling research requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent protections for you and other vulnerable human subjects, especially when such research potentially involves sensitive data and information. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Educational Settings Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of education research in commonly accepted and established settings of teaching and learning. Publiks recognizes such education settings research to require rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you and your education. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Educational Testing Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of educational testing research. Publiks recognizes research conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — but primarily for improving educational testing itself — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you and your opportunities for educational evaluation. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Ethnographic and Social Science Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of ethnographic and social research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for knowledge and publication in anthropology, ethnography and social sciences — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Genetic and Genomic Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of genetic and genomic research. Publiks recognizes such research involving material of high genetic, pluripotent and reproductive importance to require rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the principles, rights, and responsibilities of human subjects research and investigation — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Health Care Operations Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of health care operations research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for evaluating and improving operations of health care services — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the principles, rights, and responsibilities of human subjects research and investigation — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
News and Journalism Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of media, news and journalism research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for knowledge and publication pertaining to media, news, journalism and the public interest — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Obstetrics and Neonatal Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of obstetrics and neonatal research. Publiks recognizes that research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you during pregnancy — as well as with respect to your fetus and newborn — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations around consent and assent and protections for both human subjects under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Pediatrics Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of pediatrics research. Publiks recognizes that research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you during childhood requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations around consent and assent and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Prisoner and Penal Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities conducted as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of penal, prisons and prisoners research. Publiks recognizes that research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you while detained or incarcerated requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations around consent and assent and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Public Benefit and Public Service Programs Research
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of public benefit and public services research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for evaluating and improving public benefit and public service programs — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Public Health Surveillance
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of public health and public health surveillance research. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for surveillance and decision-making pertaining to population-wide disease and health — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Taste, Food Quality and Community Acceptance Studies
Below are additional ethics requirements Publiks shall meet when conducting research or investigation activities as part of, in support of, or for the purposes of taste and food quality evaluation and consumer acceptance studies. Publiks recognizes that such research or investigation conducted on, about or otherwise relating to you — as well as for knowledge pertaining to consumption, quality and taste of foods — requires rigorous ethics attention to ensure consistent expectations and protections for you — as the human subject under study. Publiks shall therefore have such research or investigation fulfill — in addition to the aforementioned principles, rights, and responsibilities — all of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Associated Policies
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As stated earlier, The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct consist of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all of your activity with, within, for, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to Publiks, including its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the Products and Services. By continuing, you indicate that you understand that the Codes and Policies include — but are not limited to — the Founding and Mission Statement, the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality, the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service, and the Acceptable Uses Policy along with all Associated Codes and Policies. Access to the aforementioned is provided below.
Founding and Mission
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Founding Code of Ethics
Founding Code of Ethics (HTML)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML)
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions of Use and Service (HTML)
The Acceptable Uses Policy
Acceptable Use Policy (HTML)
All Policies
All Policies (HTML)
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Publiks and its parent company, The Ikoku Group, are dedicated to developing, providing and safekeeping ideas and solutions — with the mission to foster care and creativity, culture and communities, ethics and innovation in lives and societies. And so in accordance with the above, Publiks and The Ikoku Group provide the following:
A Company of and about Ethics
A company and division whose ethics and policies are carefully crafted, then adhered to by a range of individuals and entities working in varied relation to Publiks and The Ikoku Group to establish, develop and operate a private company dedicated to fostering care and creativity, ethics and innovation.
Built with Integrity and Respect in Mind
A company and division who take as their basis the most robust conceptions of humanity, integrity and respect as well as independence and fundamental freedoms, liberties and rights — up to and beyond what the law protects and provides for — as they carry out and embody their founding and core mission and purposes.
Areas of Focus Chosen for Mission and Work
And a company and division whose areas of focus have been expressly chosen to ensure attention to issues of enduring concern to the Founder — and so committed to providing products, services, sites and spaces that remain safe, secure and respectful places to do work, to teach and learn, to form, inform and, where needed, transform local and global communities.