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Support for Researchers

Thinking about ethics should pervade all professional activity, whether it be academic / research-based or practice-based. The guidance provided below is aimed at providing support for researchers and academics, and is supplementary to the overarching ethical principles outlined in the Code of Ethics and Conduct.

Current Guidelines

Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants

Guidelines for minimum standards of ethical approval in psychological research

Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Animals (2007)

Conducting Research on the Internet: Guidelines for ethical practice in psychological research online (2007)

Penile Plethysmography Guidance for Psychologists (2008)

Good Practice Guidelines for the Conduct of Psychological Research Within the NHS: A guide for managers, LREC members and psychological researchers (2005)

Conducting research with people not having the capacity to consent to their participation (December 2008)

FAQs

• Frequently asked questions on ethics
  

Submit an ethics query

If you are unable to obtain the guidance you require from the Code of Ethics and Conduct, the supplementary guielines above or the FAQs, please submit an enquiry using the link below:

• Submit an ethics query

Query submission notes

• If you are a member of the Society please include your membership number in all enquiries.
• Where possible, the Society will respond to enquiries within three working days. If your enquiry is very complex the response may take longer. We will let you know by e-mail if this is likely.

Please note: The Society is only able to offer ethical guidance and support; it is unable to offer ethical review and approval of research proposals. For alternative means of obtaining ethical approval, please refer to the relevant FAQ.

Important legal information

Please note that the Society cannot give legal advice or provide practical support to members who have been complained about. For that reason, the Society strongly recommentds that members consider taking out professional indemnity insurance.