Attestation of Ethical Compliance for Research with Human Subjects and/or Data Derived from Human Subjects
The former Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Business and Economics has been replaced with the Commission for Ethics in Research (CER-HEC). A more formalized and institutionalized structure, which became operational on 01.05.2022.
It is strongly recommended to submit to the CER-HEC any research project involving human participation, or utilizing personal and/or sensitive data. Any submission should be completed on the HEC Research Platform.
Area of activity
The CER-HEC can examine any project whose research subject concerns human beings and falls outside the scope of the federal law on research on human beings (LRH), or when an attestation of ethical compliance is requested by the researcher or student.
Projects falling within the scope of the LRH are those using personal health-related data, or collecting or using human biological material. These projects must be submitted directly to the state commission for ethics in research (CER-VD).
Where an attestation of institutional ethical conformity is required (e.g., by the funding body), the CER-HEC issues a notice and transfers the complete file to the UNIL Rectorate, through the Office of the Research Ethics Commission of UNIL (CER-UNIL). The same applies to projects with very complex ethical issues and implications.
Practical information
The CER-HEC examines the ethical aspects of projects submitted to it by HEC researchers and issues certificates of ethical compliance.
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For more information on the ethical principles applied by and the operating mode of the CER-HEC, please refer to the commission's regulation
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Researchers can submit their project via the dedicated platform. Please note that UNIL's VPN connection is required to access the platform. It is recommended to plan the submission in advance as it can take up to 3-4 weeks to receive a decision depending on the workload of the commission.
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For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the CER-HEC (email).
Members of the CER-HEC
| Representantives of the faculty members |
Prof. Rustamdjan Hakimov Prof. Ulrich Hoffrage Prof. Mathias Humbert Prof. Franciska Krings |
| Representantives of the intermediate body |
Marc-Olivier Boldi (MER) Liliane Keopraseuth (graduate assistant) |
| Representantives of the Dean's Office | Carolyn Magnani (Substitute: Valérie Chavez) |
| Representantives of the CER-HEC Office | Carolyn Magnani |
