The OBRA Incorporated Research Ethics Committee provides independent ethical review for qualitative social science, migration, and visual media research projects conducted by OBRA Incorporated, a non-profit organization in the Philippines, and its research platform, PinoySeoul Media Enterprise.
Ethical Standards & Filings
The Committee operates in accordance with established international principles for human subject protections, including the Declaration of Helsinki and the Belmont Report, as well as the UK Research Integrity Office Policy on Research Ethics.
OBRA Incorporated maintains an active Institutional Review Board IRB00015250 with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections under 45 CFR Part 46.
Board Structure
The Committee comprises a Committee Chair, an Ethics Secretariat, Qualitative Research Methodologists, and an Unaffiliated External Member to ensure independent review and participant protection.
Participant Protection
All approved protocols enforce voluntary participation, informed consent, privacy and visual anonymization, and secure data handling.
Ethics Secretariat: [email protected]
