Scientific and Professional Ethics

This is the US federal document that defines research and requirements for the protection of human subjects (a.k.a. people) in research.

Subtitled, Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research, this document, created in 1978, is the cornerstone of current thinking about ethical protections for human participants and guidelines for ethical research.

Maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this site offers a wealth of bioethics links.

OHRP is an office within the Department of Health and Human Services which develops policies to protect human subjects and monitors clinical trials at research institutions. The website offers info and workshops

This office oversees investigations of misconduct in research funded by the U.S. Public Health Service. The website provides info about ethics, grant support, and workshops

The first statement about the need to protect human subjects of research, composed after the Nazi atrocies (conducted in the name of research) in World War II.

Essential booklet from the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences.

Bills itself as, "where the world finds bioethics." A wonderful resource for researchers, philosophers, physicians, and anyone with a stake in bioethics.

Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Tecnhology provides links to the codes of ethics of professional societies, government, universities, and more.

Provides leadership to the research community in identifying, developing, and promoting programs of education in the responsible conduct of research. This is accomplished by collaborations among institutions, organizations, and federal agencies that have roles and interests in the responsible conduct of research.