 research ethics committee research ethics committee 57 admin mon 10142019 1833 indication of the existence of an ethical committee to manage research and description of its structure indicating its composition and gender distribution and functions the indicator provides information that allows evaluating the consideration of ethical issues in research core qualitative code of ethics code of conduct  a statement setting down corporate principles ethics rules of conduct codes of practice or company philosophy concerning responsibility to employees shareholders consumers the environment or any other aspects of society external to the company langlois and schlegelmilch 1990 p 522 code of ethics conduct indicate yes no depending on the existence of an ethical committee to manage research if yes provide a description of f its structure indicating its composition and gender distribution and functions free text yes no process n a annually annually this indicator measures procedures and performance if bureaucracy timings of the ethical committee are slow this indicator can become too time consuming yes for a description of the structure and functions of ethical committees see 1 research ethics committees world health organization pp 1115 available at  https wwwwhoint ethics ethicsbasicconceptsengpdf 2 guide for research ethics committee members council of europe pp 1526 available at  https wwwcoeint t dg3 healthbioethic activities 02biomedicalresearchen guide guideenpdf ethics 