When appropriate, you should obtain voluntary and written informed consent from your participants:
Without any suggested or actual deprivation or penalty if they refuse to participate;
Without unreasonable inducement to participate;
With due regard for the participants’ well-being, privacy, and dignity
When seeking such informed consent, you should:
Provide information about the nature, extent, and duration of the participation requested, and
Disclose the risks and benefits associated with participating in the research.
When evaluation or research participants are incapable of giving informed consent, you should:
Provide an appropriate explanation to them,
To the extent possible, obtain their assent to participate, and
Get written consent from an appropriate proxy.
You should not design or conduct evaluation or research that does not require consent procedures (for example, some forms of naturalistic observation and archival research) unless:
A rigorous and responsible review of the research has found it to be justified due to its potential scientific, educational, or applied value; and
Equally effective alternative procedures that do not involve a waiver of consent are unavailable.
You should notify your participants of their right to withdraw from evaluation and research at any time without penalty.