[1][2] The term 'ethics dumping' originated with a call for funding in the European Union Horizon 2020 framework program.
The main initiative to counter ethics dumping is the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings.
For example, Andries Steenkamp, a revered San Leader (1960-2016) and member of the TRUST consortium, expressed the need for a code of ethics.
[1] The resultant code consists of 23 short articles (stipulations), that are designed to address risks for ethics dumping, and framed around a new moral framework (fairness, respect, care and honesty).
In 2018 it was adopted by the European Commission as a mandatory reference document for applicants to Europe’s biggest research fund: Horizon 2020 and the forthcoming Horizon Europe, to ensure its impact on the practice of ethics dumping.