Conditions
Introduction
The Policy on Human Subjects Research delineates the conditions, principles, and protections for human subjects research that are integral to the Agreement you enter into whenever — and wherever — you commence or continue any conduct or service relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to The C&C Ikoku Foundation. Please, therefore, take the time to read what follows carefully.
Your Policy Agreements
Section 14.1.0. First, with respect to the Human Subjects Research Policy you enter into via your Agreement with the Codes and Policies, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Your Policy Understandings
Section 14.2.0. Second, with respect to your understandings of the Human Subjects Research Policy, you covenant, represent, and warrant the following:
Your Policy Commitments
Section 14.3.0. Third, with respect to your commitments to the Human Subjects Research Policy, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Principles
Provision
The Policy on Human Subjects Research requires your adherence to the conditions above and correlative conditions and principles delineated below.
A — On Biospecimens
Conditions for Biospecimens
Section 14.5.0. With respect to conditions for biospecimens and biospecimens administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Duties for Biospecimens
Section 14.6.0. With respect to duties for biospecimens and biospecimens administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Rights for Biospecimens
Section 14.7.0. With respect to rights for biospecimens and biospecimens administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Safeguards for Biospecimens
Section 14.8.0. With respect to rights for biospecimens and biospecimens administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
B — On Human Subjects
Conditions for Human Subjects
Section 14.9.0. With respect to conditions for human subjects and human subjects administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Duties for Human Subjects
Section 14.10.0. With respect to duties for human subjects and human subjects administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Rights for Human Subjects
Section 14.11.0. With respect to rights for human subjects and human subjects administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Safeguards for Human Subjects
Section 14.12.0. With respect to rights for human subjects and human subjects administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
C — On Research
Conditions for Research
Section 14.13.0. With respect to conditions for research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Duties for Research
Section 14.14.0. With respect to duties of research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Rights for Research
Section 14.15.0. With respect to rights for research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Safeguards for Research
Section 14.16.0. With respect to safeguards for research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
D — On Processes
— of Administration
Section 14.17.0. With respect to powers and responsibilities pertaining to personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Applicability
Section 14.18.0. With respect to determining and ensuring the applicability of the Human Subjects Research Policy to a given conduct or service, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Appropriateness
Section 14.19.0. With respect to determining and ensuring the appropriateness of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Approval
Section 14.20.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service subject to the Human Subjects Research Policy, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
—— of Approval of Academic
Section 14.21.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails academic research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Archival
Section 14.22.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails archival research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Artistic
Section 14.23.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails art, artistic or creative research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Civil, Criminal Justice
Section 14.24.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails civil and criminal justice research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Commercial
Section 14.25.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails commercial, financial or marketing research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Deception
Section 14.26.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails deception research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Demographic
Section 14.27.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails demographic research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Educational
Section 14.28.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails education and educational settings and testing research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Ethnographic
Section 14.29.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails ethnographic research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Food
Section 14.30.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails agricultural, beverage, food or nutritional research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Genetic
Section 14.31.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails genetic and genomic research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Health
Section 14.32.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails health, health care, health operations or health policy research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Media
Section 14.33.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails journalism, media or news research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Obstetric
Section 14.34.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails obstetric and neonatal research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Pediatric
Section 14.35.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails pediatric and childcare research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Penal
Section 14.36.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails penal, prisons and prisoners research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Public Health
Section 14.37.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails public health research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Public Opinion
Section 14.38.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails public opinion research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Public Program
Section 14.39.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails public benefit and public service program research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
—— of Approval of Spiritual
Section 14.40.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate approval and certification of a given conduct or service that entails religion, spirituality or theology research, you understand and agree to abide by the following additional criteria:
— of Assignment
Section 14.41.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate assignment, delegation, and transfer of biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Aim, Purpose
Section 14.42.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate aims and purposes for personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Care
Section 14.43.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate care in personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Categorization
Section 14.44.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate categorization and classification of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
—— of Categories of Biospecimens
Section 14.45.0. With respect to adequate categorization and classification of biospecimens, data and information, both personal and non-personal, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
—— of Categories of Biospecimen Sources
Section 14.46.0. With respect to adequate categorization and classification of sources of biospecimens, data and information, both personal and non-personal, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
—— of Categories of Persons
Section 14.47.0. With respect to adequate categorization and classification of persons concerned regarding biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
—— of Categories of Purposes
Section 14.48.0. With respect to adequate categorization and classification of purposes for biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
—— of Categories of Recipients
Section 14.49.0. With respect to adequate categorization and classification of recipients for biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Communication
Section 14.50.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate communication and notification pertaining to personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Confidentiality
Section 14.51.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate confidentiality of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Consent
Section 14.52.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate consent for personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following five-part evaluation:
—— of Consent via Assent
Section 14.53.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate assent for personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Documentation
Section 14.54.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate documentation pertaining to personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Infringement
Section 14.55.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate mitigation and notification of an infringement of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, or the administration of either, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— of Integrity
Section 14.56.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate integrity of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Lawfulness
Section 14.57.0. With respect to determining and ensuring the lawfulness of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Minimization
Section 14.58.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate minimization of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Necessity
Section 14.59.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate necessity of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Neutrality
Section 14.60.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate neutrality of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Non-Identification
Section 14.61.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate non-identification of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Privacy
Section 14.62.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate privacy of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Protection
Section 14.63.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate protection of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Safety
Section 14.64.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate safety of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Security
Section 14.65.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate security of personal biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Sensitivity
Section 14.66.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate sensitivity of sensitive biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
— of Standardization
Section 14.67.0. With respect to determining and ensuring adequate standardization of biospecimens, data and information, human subjects research, and the administration of both, you understand and agree to abide by the following criteria:
E — On Protections
For Specific Persons
— For Entity
Section 14.68.0. With respect to human subjects research protections for The C&C Ikoku Foundation as an entity, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— For Founder
Section 14.69.0. With respect to human subjects research protections for the Founder of The C&C Ikoku Foundation, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— For Humans
Section 14.70.0. With respect to human subjects research protections for human beings, as individuals, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
From Risks, Threats
— From Specific Risks
Section 14.71.0. With respect to protections of human subjects research from specific risks and threats, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Standard Risks
Section 14.72.0. With respect to protections of human subjects research from standard risks and threats, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Policies
Provision
As stated earlier, the governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation is, in important part, conducted via the Codes and Policies below:
Ikoku Foundation Agreement
The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement, which:
Conditions of Founding
Conditions and Terms of Founding of The C&C Ikoku Foundation (HTML)
Conditions of Governance
Conditions and Terms of Governance of The C&C Ikoku Foundation (HTML)
Conditions of Service
Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service (HTML)
Founding Ethics
Founding and Governing Code of Ethics (HTML)
All Policies
All Policies (HTML)
Conclusion
— Collectively, the Policy
— All of the aforementioned in this section constitutes the Policy on Human Subjects Research of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation (the “Human Subjects Research Policy”) and forms an integral part of the Policy on Freedom and Liberty of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation as well as The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation.
— Concerns and Questions
— Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Policy on Human Subjects Research or The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokufoundations.org.
— Concluding
— And as a concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded that by commencing or continuing any conduct or service relating to The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement and agree to abide by and be legally bound by the Policy conditions, principles, protections, and terms described above, and the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
Also at the Foundation
The C&C Ikoku Foundation is dedicated to fostering ethical philanthropy concerning Africa, its global diasporas, and humanely coexisting communities — toward humane futures for lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, the Foundation provides the following:
Philanthropy for Africa
A nonprofit organization that serves the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas — by advancing ethical philanthropy in several domains, including education and research, civics and governance, health and humanities, industry and innovation.
Philanthropy for Community
A nonprofit organization that serves the public interest in fostering humanely coexisting communities and persons — who evince a commitment to humane reciprocity as the basis for enhancing the lives and societies existing around them.
Philanthropy for Humanity
A nonprofit organization that serves the public interest in fostering humanity — by helping the public understand Africa’s essential place in a humane future, where the betterment of conditions for some of the most resolutely humane peoples enhances life for all.