The fact that Ross didn't mean to do this is all the more reason why someone - maybe an IRB, maybe not (your argument makes sense) - should be assisting 20-something researchers with having a well-informed perspective.
In the absence of an organization that's good at this (which doesn't seem to exist and should), this probably should be the supervising professors.
In the absence of an organization that's good at this (which doesn't seem to exist and should), this probably should be the supervising professors.