This Open Access book aims to present practical contributions to the ethics governance
framework the conceptualization and characteristics of ethics tools as well as the experience
gained from their application in different institutions. Its main objective is to provide a
practical and useful guide that will help other institutions to start introducing Research
Ethics effectively in their organizations. The European initiative ETHNA System has designed an
ethics governance framework that can be implemented following specific guidelines and tools
that can help different types of institutions to promote and generate responsible research and
innovation. The papers included in this book were organized in topical sections as follows:
foundations experiences and lessons learned ethics tools in practice and looking into the
future: main challenges.
