This report is by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It was one of the earlier documents on ethics and research, and remains an important document internationally today.
A brief and succinct overview of general ethical principles.
This ten point code was drafted as a result of the Nuremberg Military Trials after World War II. It remains an important document upon which current ethical policy is based.
Federal legislation which governs the use and protection of personal information, in the context of “commercial” activities.
Largely aimed at commercial organizations, this does have some impact on university research ethics, particularly with respect to storage of records involving demographic information, especially when the research has the potential to create commercial activity e.g. technology transfer.