The Tri-Council Policy Statement is legally considered to be a set of guidelines as opposed to rules.Name one reason for this distinction.
A) The Tri-Council Policy Statement cannot be applied to research projects that are not funded by the Tri-Council.
B) It is impossible to develop rules to govern all possible future research as that would require us to predict what that future research would be.
C) There is widespread concern in the scientific community that ethical legislation will prevent all forms of scientific innovation.
D) For such laws to be effective,every country in the world would have to agree to abide by the TCPS.

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The Tri-Council Policy Statement cannot be prescriptive about all possible future research scenarios, and therefore it is considered to be a set of guidelines rather than enforceable rules. It provides a flexible framework that researchers can use to address ethical issues as they arise in their specific research contexts.

The Tri-Council Policy Statement Is Legally Considered to Be a Set