I will elaborate a little on IRB, because that documentation is the most important aspect of research in academia. The IRB reviews any ethical concerns of a research experiment. If they approve the study, that documentation then has to be posted in easily view-able location where the study will be taking place. The IRB would contain aspects of industrial documents such as the project proposal, DDP, DSD, etc. All of these things are in it because they need to be checked and approved by the board.