The Belmont Report is widely cited in the US as an ethical framework, it's the basis for the 'Common Rule' required by US government agencies for federally-funded research.Ī follow-on report, the Menlo Report (2012), was published by the U.S. the consent process information, comprehension and voluntariness withdraw at any time from the research.” be given the opportunity to choose what shall or shall not happen to them… the importance of informed consent is unquestioned. Which says, “Respect for persons requires that subjects. The key in the US is the The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1979), It can be drugs, it can be behavioral research, whatever, it doesn't matter. As soon as you do experiments in the US, there are a number of rules and guidelines that are required, once humans are subjects. You may not care if you're experimented on without your consent, but other people do care very much. Posted 16:30 UTC (Sat) by david.a.wheeler (subscriber, #72896) An academic research group can absolutely not decide by themselves if their human subjects experiments are ethical or not, and which safeguards to put in place. Research on human subjects requires their explicit, informed consent or, in *very* limited exceptions where that consent would undermine the research goal that is in the overarching public interest, close oversight by an independent committee. However, the important part here is that, in pretty much all democratic/liberal countries with universities funded by public money, academic research is held to a much higher standard than private businesses. In this particular case, the research was not only intentional, but intentionally deceiving, which is a step up from neutral changes to watch for an effect. By this definition, experimenting on consumers with prices is also not on the positive side of an ethical debate, though many businesses operate that way right now.

It doesn't only require (potential) bodily harm, but any harmful effect that can be caused by an experiment without consent - wasted time included - is unethical. Oh, yes, this is very much considered to have been intentional research on human subjects.

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