ABSTRACTCOVID-19 is compromising all aspects of society, with devastating impacts on health, political, social, economic and educational spheres. A premium is being placed on scientific research as the source of possible solutions, with a situational imperative to carry out investigations at an accelerated rate. There is a major challenge not to neglect ethical standards, in a context where doing so may mean the difference between life and death. In this paper we offer a rubric for considering the ethical challenges in COVID-19 related research, in the form of an ethics toolkit for global research developed at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with more than 200 global researchers from around the world. This toolkit provides a framework to support confrontation of ethical conflicts through the integrated and iterative analysis of Place, People, Principles and Precedents, throughout the research journey. Two case analyses are offered to exemplify the utility of the toolkit as a flexible and dynamic tool to promote ethical research in the context of COVID-19.

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COVID-19 研究背景下的伦理挑战：支持分析和解决的工具包

摘要 COVID-19 正在危害社会的方方面面，对健康、政治、社会、经济和教育领域产生破坏性影响。科学研究作为可能的解决方案的来源受到重视，并有必要加快调查速度。不忽视道德标准是一项重大挑战，在这种情况下，这样做可能意味着生与死的区别。在本文中，我们以爱丁堡大学与来自世界各地的 200 多名全球研究人员合作开发的全球研究伦理工具包的形式，提供了一个用于考虑 COVID-19 相关研究中的伦理挑战的标题。该工具包提供了一个框架，通过对地方的综合和迭代分析来支持道德冲突的对抗，整个研究过程中的人员、原则和先例。提供了两个案例分析来举例说明该工具包作为一种灵活且动态的工具在 COVID-19 背景下促进伦理研究的效用。