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Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2020; 11 (1) 

 

 

Editorial 

 

Public health system always requires an advanced level of awareness and a comprehensive 

policy. However, as is often the case, expectations and actualities do not match. In order to 

understand the situation, planning and other related initiatives, and to assess the adequacy in 

terms of the expectations borne out of experiences, the papers in this volume detailed the issues 

and the need of ethics in formulating the policies and contributing in the vision of the 

development of the country. 

 

In order to have a comprehensive ethical policy and planning, a concern for the initiatives and 

development deep down in the policy formation is required. Despite the fact that there is need 

of ethics in such formulation, the need is yet to be acknowledged in the relevant policy 

documents. The five papers in the volume emphasise such need. 

 

The first paper entitled Why Is Family-Oriented Organ Transplantation Policy and Practice 

Necessary for Bangladesh? by M.S. Siraj address that the in terms of the donation of organs 

for transplantation in the West, the notion of individual rights and freedom is compatible with 

secular culture and biomedical perspectives, but such biomedical policy and practise is 

comprised with the Muslim culture, socio-economic reality and biomedical perspective of 

Bangladesh. It highlights the need and importance of family-oriented biomedical policy and 

practice in Bangladesh. 

 

The second paper Policing Ethics: Context Bangladesh, authored by M.S. Adil, focuses on 

the need of ethics for policing actions in Bangladesh. Grounding on the fact of the ongoing 

discussion about the ethical principles and the code of conduct of police practitioners in the 

country, the paper discusses police misconduct due to the lack of principles and also highlights 

the mindset of the public towards the police. 

 

The third paper on Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Policy and Ethics, written by Arnab, A. 

T. Arnab & M.S. Siraj examines the way the religious cultural and socio-economic realities 

influence child marriage practice in Bangladesh. Bringing the experiences from the ground, the 

paper reveals that Bangladeshis does not support marriage at early ages but socio-economic 

reality often pushes poor into getting their children married at early ages. Therefore, the paper 

comes up with the suggestion that the country should strengthen its policy on child marriage. 

 

The fourth paper on Justice for Children in Bangladesh: Legal and Ethical Issues, authored 

by N Ferdousi, highlights the backdrop of the justice system for children in Bangladesh. 

Highlighting the Children Act 2013, the paper makes it noticeable that justice for children 

requires an ethical code of conduct along with the legal responsibility to protect child rights 

and the childhood in the country. 

 

The fifth paper on Ethics in Social Research and Its Impact on Policy Implication, Planning 

and Development, co-authored by P.C. Sarker & U.K. Das discusses the importance of data 



Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2020; 11 (1) 

 

 

driven research for evidence-based policy formulation. And for the appropriate data driven 

research, the paper highlights that trustworthy research studies should be guided by the ethical 

intentions and actions.  

 

Recognizing the importance of ethics in different aspects of research and policy, the issue of 

the Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics invited me to edit the issue on Policy Ethics. I am grateful 

to Professor Shamima Parvin Lasker for giving me the opportunity to serve as the guest editor 

of the issue. And I hope readers will enjoy in going through the diverse and insightful papers 

of the issue. 

Thank you, 

 

Rhyddhi Chakraborty FHEA 

(Programme Leader (HND-Health Care Practice), Global Banking School, London, UK 

Visiting Faculty (Philosophy & Global Health), AUSN, USA 

Senior Associate Member, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK) 

Guest Editor, Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics , Vol-11, issue 1 

 


