Overview

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.

Background

The CSSP Ethics Review Board (ERB) was created by the Office of the Dean and is mandated to implement the policies of the College in matters pertaining to research ethics. The ERB reviews and evaluates research involving human participants that are conducted by faculty, staff, and students of the CSSP. It ensures that research is conducted in a humane and ethical manner, and complies with national, international, and institutional principles and guidelines on ethical behavior towards human research participants.

Vision

The Ethics Review Board (ERB) as a resource and support for the ethical conduct of research of CSSP constituents and the promoter of the same.

Mission

To facilitate the conduct of research that respects the dignity and integrity of humans. With its interdisciplinary expertise, the Ethics Review Board seeks to ensure ethical and legal responsibility in research, and that no research will be conducted and continued unless ethicality of their conduct is guaranteed.

The CSSP ERB Office

Logo

The CSSS-ERB logo communicates a sense of equality, inclusivity, and sensitivity. The logo recognizes its responsibility and the diversity of the Office’s work, with its round, spherical design which represent the projects it is involved in. The yellow portions represents the process of approving research ethically. The logo contains the word “etika” written in Baybayin, intended to represent that which the Office intends to uphold: ethics.

The logo also contains several pillars, which both represent the facade of Palma Hall as well as the pillars or principles upon which the Office abides to uphold ethics in the College and its research projects. The illustration also presents inclusivity, as per the feminine figure included.

Mr. Adrian Gabriel of the CSSP Dean's Office designed our logo. It was refreshed by Vayne Altapascine del Rosario in 2024.

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