Mandate

The CSSP-ERB is the ethics review body of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. Its core mandate is to protect the safety, rights, and welfare of human participants and affected communities in social science research while taking into account the interests and needs of researchers and complying with the requirements of applicable laws, rules and issuances of regulatory authorities. 

The Board shall review and has the authority to approve, disapprove, recommend, require modifications to, monitor the progress of, or authorize observation or monitoring of the consent process as well as research activities, and require reports for research activities involving human participants. It likewise aims to support researchers towards ethical conduct of human participants research through the provision of sound guidance that considers and respects the particularities of research in varied contexts. It strives to maintain sensitivity to community attitudes and to take into consideration the cultural backgrounds of research participants. It seeks to minimize the unintended consequences of research to the psycho-social wellbeing of research participants and researchers.