Research Related Professional Ethics Codes and Guidelines
In addition to following federal regulations regarding research involving human subjects, researchers
need to consider codes of ethics and regulations regarding their own profession and area of specialty. The
following codes of ethics must be applied in your studies:
Biomedical:
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Code of Ethics for Research in General Pediatrics
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
http://www.ambpeds.org/site/research/CodeofEthicsFinal.pdf
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Developing a Code of Ethics in Research: A Guide for Scientific Societies
Association of American Medical Colleges
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Charter on Medical Professionalism
American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine Foundation, European Federation of Internal Medicine
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/136/3/243.pdf
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Ethics and Physician—Industry Relations. Part 1: Individual Physicians
American College of Physicians—American Society of Internal Medicine
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/136/5/396.pdf
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Ethics and Physician—Industry Relations. Part 2: Organizational Issues
American College of Physicians—American Society of Internal Medicine
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/136/5/403.pdf
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Code of Research Ethics for Adolescent Medicine
Society for Adolescent Medicine – Journal of Adolescent Health
http://www.adolescenthealth.org/researchethics.htm
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Code of Ethics for Public Health
American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org/codeofethics/ethics.htm
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Ethics on Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics
http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/AAP/
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Institutional Review Board practices regarding assent in pediatric research
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/1747
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Code of Medical Ethics
American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2498.html
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Code of Ethics for Genetic Counselors
National Society of Genetic Counselors
http://www.nsgc.org/newsroom/code_of_ethics.asp
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Ethics on Geriatrics Research
American Geriatrics Society
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/respcondresearch.shtml
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Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists
International Society for Environmental Epidemiologist
http://www.iseepi.org/about/ethics.html#Ethics_Guidelines
Mental Health:
 Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html
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Principles and Standards of Ethics for Psychoanalyst
American Psychoanalytic Association
http://www.apsa.org/ethics0105.pdf
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Code of Ethics on Human Experimentation
American Orthopsychiatric Association
http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe/American%20Orthopsychiatric%20Association.html
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Principles of Ethics for Psychoanalysts
American Psychoanalytic Association
http://www.apsa.org/ethics0105.pdf
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Code of Ethics for Counseling
American Counseling Association
http://www.counseling.org/Content/NavigationMenu/RESOURCES/ETHICS/ACA_Code_of_Et
hics.pdf
Social Work:
 Code of Ethics for Social Workers
National Association of Social Workers
http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp
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Ethics of Qualitative Social Work Research
Qualitative Social Work
http://qsw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/2/145
Communication:
 Code of Ethics for Public Relations
Public Relations Society of America
http://www.prsa.org/_Chapters/resources/ethicspdf/codeofethics.pdf
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Code of Professional Ethics and Practices
American Association for Public Opinion Research
http://www.aapor.org/pdfs/code.pdf
Business:
 Guidelines on Marketing and Advertising using Electronic Media
International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/rules/2004/Guidelines-on-Marketing-andAdvertising-using-Electronic-Media.asp
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International Code on Sponsorship
International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/rules/2003/International%20Code%20on%20Spon
sorship.asp
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Rules on Children and Young People and Marketing
International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/rules/2003/Compendium%20Children%20and%2
0Young%20People.asp
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International Code of Marketing and Social Research Practice
International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/rules/1995/esomcod.asp
Education:
 Code of Ethics on Test Administration and Data Collection
National Assessment of Educational Progress
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/contracts/pdf/NAEP_COE.pdf
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Additional Codes of Ethics:
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The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of
Research : National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and
Behavioral Research