
Conditions
Overview
The Policy on Human Subjects Research delineates the conditions, principles, and protections for human subjects investigation, research, and study 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 Ikoku Foundations. Please, therefore, take the time to read what follows carefully.
I — Your Policy Agreements
— 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:
II — Your Policy Understandings
— second, with respect to your understandings of the Human Subjects Research Policy, you covenant, represent, and warrant the following:
III — Your Policy Commitments
— 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
— With respect to conditions for biospecimens and biospecimen administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Duties for Biospecimens
— With respect to duties for biospecimens and biospecimen administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Rights to Biospecimens
— With respect to rights to biospecimens and biospecimen administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Safeguards of Biospecimens
— With respect to safeguards of biospecimens and biospecimen administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
B — On Research
Conditions for Research
— With respect to conditions for research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Duties of Research
— With respect to duties of research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Rights of Research
— With respect of rights of research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Safeguards of Research
— With respect to safeguards of research and research administration, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
C — On Processes
— of Administration
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— 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:
D — On Protections
For Specific Persons
— For Entity
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information for The Ikoku Foundations itself, as an entity, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— For Founder
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information for the Founder of The Ikoku Foundations, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— For Humans
— With respect to protections of research and biospecimens, data and information of human beings, as individuals, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
From Standard Risks, Threats
— From Incompatibility
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to incompatibility, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Inconsistency
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to inconsistency, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Infringement
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to infringement, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Insecurity
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to insecurity, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Interference
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to interference, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Intrusion
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to intrusion, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— From Invalidation
— With respect to protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from standard risks and threats due to effective invalidation, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
— Furthermore, with respect to such protections of human subjects research and biospecimens, data and information from effective invalidation, you understand and agree to abide by the following:
Policies
Provision
As stated earlier, the governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation is, in important part, conducted via the Codes and Policies below:
Ikoku Foundations Agreement
The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, which
Conditions of Founding
Conditions and Terms of Founding of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)
Conditions of Governance
Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Ikoku Foundations (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 above and aforementioned in this section constitutes the Policy on Human Subjects Research of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation (the “Human Subjects Research Policy”) and forms an integral part of the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation as well as The Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo 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 Ikoku Foundations 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 or The Alvan Azinna Chinbuzo Ikoku Foundation — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The Ikoku Foundations 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 Foundations
The Ikoku Foundations are 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 Foundations provide the following:
Philanthropy for Africa
Nonprofit organizations that serve 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
Nonprofit organizations that serve 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
Nonprofit organizations that serve 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.