The University of Queensland Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG) provides a consultative resource for review of ethical matters that arise from activities of the University, its staff and students that are not related to human or animal research ethics.

The UQEAG does not provide ethics approval for projects and does not provide legal advice. It is a consultative forum where matters of ethics can be shared, discussed, explored and analysed in an open, collaborative and confidential manner.

The functions of the Ethics Advisory Group are to:

  • Provide ethics advice to, and oversight of, the UQ School of Anatomy.
  • Support and enhance the decision-making processes of the University with respect to complex ethics issues that are not related to research ethics.
  • Support staff by providing opinion and advice on an ethically defensible process for arriving at an ethically justifiable decision.
  • Review policies or standard operating procedures that strengthen the capacity of the University to provide care or service grounded in the values, mission and vision of the University.
  • Recommend guidelines for specific ethics issues that arise in a non-research context. The group may identify and make recommendations related to systems-level factors that induce or exacerbate ethics problems and/or impede their resolution.
  • Promote a positive ethics culture and ethical leadership at UQ through its operations

The UQEAG Terms of Reference are available here (PDF, 222.2 KB)