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O N L I N E R E S E A R C H E T H I C S C O U R S E Section Six: Human Participation in Research CASE STUDY: Blood in the Lab Jim has a responsibility to tell his colleagues and the Lab Director about his condition. No. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the nature of one's disability is a matter of privacy. HIV infection counts as a disability. If this research were being conducted ethically, procedures would be in place to protect participants' privacy rights and the confidentiality of data. In addition, unless Jim is participating in activities that put other people at risk for HIV infection, there is no ethical responsibility for him to disclose his status to anyone. The ethical issues in this case relate more generally to the collection of blood sample controls in the lab.
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