Ethics:The moral principles that govern a person's behavior or conducting of an activity; in research, it involves ensuring respect, integrity, and care for participants.
Human Subjects Research: Any research or clinical investigation that involves human beings as study participants.
Peer Review:A process by which a scholarly work (such as a paper or a research proposal) is checked by a group of experts in the same field to make sure it meets the necessary standards before it is published or accepted.