ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with two major sets of responsibilities borne by professional psychologists, whether their work is applied or research oriented. Both the BPS and the APA have agreed guidelines on the ethical issues involved in psychological research. All psychological research studies carried out in academic institutions are now subject to ethical review by qualified staff members and this now includes research carried out independently by undergraduates. Psychologists have also argued that professional psychological researchers should exercise integrity over the sources of their funding, increasingly likely to come from industry or other organisations with an interest in the non-academic use of findings. Any discussion of ethical principles in psychological research inevitably throws up Milgram's famous demonstrations of obedience fairly early on in the proceedings. Whatever the rationale for animal studies, or the fierce, impassioned objections, it seems likely they will continue as an adjunct to psychological research, though perhaps not at their earlier intensity.
