As a member of the IRB you have received a research study to review and report on at the next IRB meeting. In reviewing and considering all aspects of the study you focus on the aspect of how the benefits of the study should be distributed. Should the research participants benefit most and should the research participants in the control group benefit as much as those in the experimental group. Such deliberations involve the moral principle of
A) nonmalefience.
B) beneficence.
C) justice.
D) integrity.

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The moral principle of justice involves considerations about how the benefits and burdens of research should be distributed among participants. This principle is concerned with fairness in the distribution of benefits and risks, ensuring that no group of participants is unduly burdened or unfairly excluded from the potential benefits of research, including those in control groups.

As a Member of the IRB You Have Received a Research