PSYC 201W Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Belmont Report, Nuremberg Code, American Psychological Association
2 Oct 2018
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Ethics: represent a system of moral principles and standards. Research ethics are important because they effect the validity of scientific findings. In certain situations, ethics codes allow researchers to deceive participants about key aspects of the study. A set of ethi(cid:272)al pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples esse(cid:374)tial for a (cid:373)edi(cid:272)al e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e (cid:862)per(cid:373)issi(cid:271)le(cid:863) In concentration camp they had involuntary subjects and would kill most of them with the experiments. Study designed to explore what happened with people who had syphilis for a long time. Were(cid:374)"t allo(cid:449)ed to treat them for syphilis because they were part of an experiment. 1 example of researchers not pertaining to ethics. An ethics code that provides the foundation for us federal regulations governing human subjects research. Federal agencies ding studies need to comply with this report. 3 main ethical principles: respect for persons. Respecting the autonomy and decisions of people who are capable and protecting individuals who are not capable: beneficence.
