What is it about?
Academic institutions have a responsibility to keep their researchers safe and to ensure that research is done safely and fairly. Responsibility statements clarify who is responsible to whom, and for what. Using a responsibility statement as part of your project improves transparency and accountability,
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Why is it important?
Online communities are often important parts of our lives, or can shape our lives by influencing the digital world. Some influential online communities are hostile to being investigated, and may respond aggressively to researchers. We believe it is important to mitigate the risk of harm to researchers and also to vulnerable communities who may be put at risk by investigation, no matter how well-meaning.
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From my perspective, this paper was a valuable opportunity to work with highly qualified academics and learn from their experience of the world of responsible research.
Robin Wilton
Internet Society
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This page is a summary of: Responsibility Statement on research project outputs- to who and what for?, September 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3686038.3686651.
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