PNB 3RM3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Nuremberg Code, Belmont Report, Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council
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Moral principles to ethics codes even people who agree on general principles of ethics can disagree about specific ethical issues that arise in the course of conducting research historical overview: Nuremberg code: one of the earliest ethics codes, set of 10 principles written in 1947 in conjunction with the trials of nazi physicians who did cruel research on prisoners during the war. Declaration of helsinki: similar ethics code that was created by the world medical council in 1964, added idea that research with human participants should be based on a written protocol that is reviewed by a ethics committee. The belmont report (1978: recognized the principle of seeking justice, the importance of conducting research in a way that distributes risks and benefits fairly across different groups. In canada: research must follow the code of ethics laid out in the tri council policy statement: