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» The Ethics Committee - Overview «

The Ethics Committee (EC) serves as a regulatory body of the Foundation, ensuring that the Foundation does not spiral out of control, violate its core missions or conduct unnecessary unethical actions. For these purposes, the Committee has a wide range of permissions and access to large varieties of information. Additionally, they work with the Office of Human Resources to handle smaller personnel infractions.

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The Site Ethics Committee Liaison (center, face redacted) acts as judge during an on-site court case.

The origins of the Ethics Committee date back to the founding days of the Foundation. Therefore, most of the information regarding them is classified. The Committee serves as a body which declares and enforces regulations, primarily in the area of ethicality, in order to keep all levels of the Foundation in check. In order to complete these tasks, Committee members have wide-ranging permissions, which also requires them to be selected very carefully.

While the Ethics Committee itself operates on the scale of the whole Foundation, all larger facilities have their own on-site Ethics Committee, whether they are a few or even one representative or a mostly independent body of over a hundred members. These on-site Committees are typically lead and managed by a Site Ethics Committee Liaison and their vice, where facilities on the smaller end of the spectrum typically do not have a vice.

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A member of the Ethics Committee (right) is recruiting new members.

The Ethics Committee of Site-21 in particular has repeatedly fallen victim to incidents, which have severely reduces its number of members. As a result, the Committee is constantly understaffed and overworked, especially due to how difficult new members are to select.

Ethics Committee personnel must conform to high standards. Some of the minimal requirements include a mostly spotless career record, at least a Bachelors degree (although Master Degrees are preferred), at least four years in Foundation service, even more thorough background searches than usual, in-depth psychological screenings and a generally suitable mindset. Most new Ethics Committee personnel have previously been employed in other administrative, scientific, medical or diplomatic positions within the Foundation and have a history which relates to what the Committee does. As a result to these high criteria, the high stress load and need for corruption-prevention, these personnel receive comparatively high salaries.

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