Open Minds Research Solutions - Respondent Bill of Rights

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CMOR Council for Marketing and Opinion Research
Respondent Bill of Rights





Marketing and opinion research plays an important role in our democratic society, allowing people to express their views on a range of political and social issues, to products and services.

Your participation in a legitimate marketing or opinion research study is very important to us and we value the information you provide. Therefore, our relationship will be one of respect and consideration, based on the following practices:

  • Your privacy will be respected and the confidentiality of your responses will be maintained.
  • Your name, address, telephone number, personal information and other individual response will never be disclosed to anyone outside the research industry without your permission. This means that we do not sell this information to anyone. It is used strictly for research.
  • Our recruiters will always introduce themselves, state they are from Open Minds Research and explain the nature of the study to you. We will never misrepresent ourselves or what we are doing.
  • We never will try to sell you anything or ask you for money.
  • We will not contact you at unreasonable times, but if our time of contact is inconvenient for you, we will gladly recontact you at a more convenient time.
  • Your decision regarding study participation, answering specific questions, or discontinuing your participation will be respected without question.
  • You will be informed in advance if an interview is to be recorded and of the intended use of the recording.
  • We will do our best to make your participation in a study a pleasant experience.
  • We will maintain the highest standards of professional conduct in the collection and reporting of the infomation you provide.