Jan R. BoehnkeThe @NulliusInVerba episode on ethics review has some interesting parts and is worth listening if you are interested in #ResearchEthics
https://nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e/irb/
To me several sections sounded like they implied that the ethics committee would "approve" research.
I would content that this is not the case. I provide below two quotes from @ukrio sources (both interesting reads beside this point).
How is this in other institutions? In other countries?
Episode 40: Tabula de Ethicis Recensionibus | Nullius in Verba
In this episode, we discuss review boards for research with human subjects. Are they necessary? Are they efficient? Are scientists well equipped to make judgements about ethics? And are economists more ethical than psychologists? Shownotes Whitney, S. N. (2015). Balanced ethics review: A guide for institutional review board members. Springer. Schrag, Z. M. (2010). Ethical imperialism: Institutional review boards and the social sciences, 1965–2009. JHU Press. Kinsey ReportsMasters & Johnson How Institutional Review Boards can be (and are) Weaponized Against Academic Freedom Weaponizing the IRB 2.0 Psychologists’ Involvement in Torture and the APA. Psychology Today.