ABSTRACT
Ethical considerations in research are associated with matters of right and wrong when research is being conducted on people. A formal set of ethics, and a review of research to ensure it meets these ethical principles, comes directly out of concerns in the scientific community and in society as a result of unethical research conducted during the 20th century. Even though the Nuremberg Code and the Belmont Report are historical documents, their basic principles continue to serve as the blueprint for the ethical rules that guide contemporary research on human subjects. These guidelines consist of rules to protect those who participate in research from harm. Outrage over the ethical breach of the Tuskegee study led directly to a report from the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, released in 1978.
