39. Summarize the ethical guidelines for research on human subjects. There are five main guidelines to be followed when conducting research on humans. As stated by the American Psychological Association they are as follows: Discuss intellectual property frankly, be conscious of multiple roles, follow informed- consent rules, respect confidentially and privacy, and tap into ethics resources. The first guideline to be defined is discuss intellectual property frankly. This guideline helps to distinguish who gets credit for being author. The best way to avoid an argument about who gets credit is to establish a working relationship and talk about issues that could arise throughout the project. When the situation is a researcher and a student they must come up with a reasonably understanding. If a researcher has a finding that is incorrect and changes the meaning of the information they are ethically obligated to quickly correct the mistakes. The next guideline is that they must be conscious of multiple roles. APA’s Ethic codes says that psychologists should stay away from relationships that could change the professional performance they need to achieve or in which they could cause harm to others involved. Although multiple relationships are acceptable as long as they don’t bring bad side effects along the way. Psychologists should clearly think through a decision of entering a multiple relationship with any such group or single individual. This could be anything from gaining new students or clients to help and participate in the studies conducted. To avoid some misunderstandings the supervisors should have an outline of the nature which the both parties will be par taking in. Although is someone does find they are at risk of being put in a dangerous situation they are mandated to go about it in way of being in the best interest of the group. The third guideline is to follow informed- consent rules. If used correctly the consent process makes sure that anyone participating is because of pure voluntarism, while knowing the benefits and risks the study may foreplay. There are seven mandated information bits that participants should know about they. They are the following: •The purpose of the research, expected duration and procedures. •Participants right to decline to participate and withdraw from the research once it has started, as well as the anticipated consequences of doing so. •Reasonably foreseeable factors that may influence their willingness to participate, such as potential risks, discomfort or adverse side effects. •Any prospective research benefits. •Limits of confidentiality, such as data coding, disposal, sharing and archiving, and when confidentiality must be broken. •Incentives for participation. •Who participants can contact with questions. Although it must be kept in mind that a signed consent form doesn’t allow for the informing of the clients to be briefly described to them after reading it. Next we have the fourth guideline which is where the confidentiality and privacy of the client must be respected. You should discuss the limits of confidentiality and give information about how date they give will be taken and used. Know what the laws are for the federal and state are. See how these laws could be used for your research. Take bigger security measure to ensure that the records are stored where there is very limited access. Make sure the client knows what data will be shared with others. Also they should understand the limits of the internet, so others cannot figure a way out to tap into there software. Finally we have the fifth guideline which is, tap into ethics resource. The best thing a researched can do to avoid trouble is knowing both their ethical obligations and what resources are available to them. These guidelines are used by the American Psychological Association, also written by Deborah Smith. Artifact #1 This is a link to an American Psychologists website defining the codes. http://www.graziano-raulin.com/supplements/apaethics.htm