In a paper at the international conference of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) and the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) at Liverpool in June I put forward suggestions for an international basis for research ethics, having first talked about the issue at a conference in March (see below). There was a lively discussion on the problems of running international research projects in the absence of an agreed ethical basis, and since then several delegates have been in touch. Several people are hoping to find a forum for promoting the idea, so if you are interested in joining us, or have any ideas, please get in touch.