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in the case of persons younger than eighteen years, if their guardians have
given such informed consent and also observe confidentiality.
11.3 Researchers shall treat non-human living beings with care, respect and
awareness of their vulnerability and defencelessness;
11.4 Researchers shall undertake research in a manner that does the
environment no harm and that creates no additional environmental stress.
11.4.1 Researchers shall undertake to carry out biohazard waste disposal as
per established norms and practices.
This Code of ethics has been adopted by the university as a statement of the
ethical principles and guidelines which are shared by the institution and all of
the individual academic and research staff and students. Its purpose is to assist
staff, faculty and students of the University in the identification and resolution
of ethical issues which may arise in the course of their work through the
articulation of a shared understanding of what constitutes ethical conduct by
academic and research staff and students.