POLS 3180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nuremberg Code, Informed Consent, Syphilis
29 Sep 2016
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In absence of ethics regulations, scientists have violated these rights. Obvious violations with evil intent: mengele"s auschwitz experiments (1943-1945, tuskegee syphilis study (1932-1972, cia mind control projects (1953-?) Unintentional violations: milgram"s obedience to authority experiment (1963, zimbardo"s prison experiment (1971) Nuremberg code (1946); declaration of helsinki (1964); today: research on human subjects is impossible without approval from ethics review boards. Main principles: voluntary and informed participation, no harm. Active consent (or passive consent: sometimes a form must be signed but in some cases passive consent (verbal acceptance or no protest after explanation) is acceptable. Exit option: cannot force people to stay, they must be given the chance to leave whenever they want. Debrief subjects: don"t deceive them for evil purposes, although some deception is okay as long as they are debriefed thoroughly afterwards. Respect privacy: analysis and dissemination of findings can hurt participants. Exception is those that are involved in the public domain, like politicians.
