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Although the federal research regulations were initially formulated for medical research, they also apply to social and behavioral sciences research. However, the regulations do not specifically address all methods and approaches used by social and behavioral science researchers. To provide additional guidance, professional scientific societies including the American Psychological Association, the American Sociological Association, and the American Anthropological Association have issued discipline-specific ethical codes for research. These codes can be found on the associations’ websites; some are listed in the References and Resources section.

In general, there is a great deal of agreement among professional codes of research ethics across the many disciplines that fall under the broad umbrella of social and behavioral sciences, although certain fields apply different research methodologies or encounter populations that may require specific ethical consideration. For example, deception is a common practice in social psychology research. The American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct delineates conditions that must be met in order for deception of research participants to be ethically permissible, and it offers guidance on debriefing research participants who have been deceived. For research in educational settings, researchers follow the Code of Ethics of the American Educational Research Association, which addresses the unique issues that arise when teachers conduct research with their own students or subordinates.

Professional codes of ethics are not enforceable, but they are necessary for the ethical implementation of research. A professional code’s detailed examination of specific issues pertaining to a particular discipline provides guidance regarding the acceptable and expected behavior of researchers using discipline-specific methods and approaches.

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