Concerns about integrity and conscientiousness apply in all research efforts, but special challenges emerge when human subjects or animals are used in research.
USEFUL MATERIALS
These pages provide information about the principles, expectations, challenges, and controversies in the ethics of research.
The materials collected below are based on an Ethics Center research project by Biology Professor Margaret Frank.
Ten Most Important Things to Know about Research Ethics (by Kenneth D. Pimple)
For information on specific policies and procedures for research on human subjects or animals, see the links in the box above. For information on the principles, challenges, and controversies in research ethics, use the links below.
HUMAN SUBJECTS
1. Historical Materials
Nuremberg Code
Belmont Report
Declaration of Helsinki
2. Government Agencies and Programs
US Department of Health & Human Services
National Institutes of Health
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
3. Issues and Controversies
Experiments on ‘Baby Albert’:
General account
CDC Timeline
National Archives account
Legacy Committee (Tuskegee Univ.)
Final Report of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Ad Hoc Advisory Panel (pdf download)
The Original “Tuskegee Study” Report (pdf download)
4. Teaching and Educational Resources
Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research : Cases for Teaching and Assessment (pdf download)
JOURNAL: Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance
JOURNAL: Ethics & Behavior
ANIMALS
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals