AERA's code of ethics incorporates a set of standards designed to help educational researchers in the areas of: responsibilities to the field; research populations; intellectual ownership; editing, reviewing, and appraising research, among others. (
http://www.aera.net/aboutaera/?id=222
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This Web page from the University of Washington School of Medicine provides information about ethical principles all researchers should be aware of when conducting research and investigations. (
http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/resrch.html
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This Web page offers an example of the different categories of research involving human subjects. Includes information about using children as research subjects. (
http://www.webster.edu/irb/categ.html
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Includes a wide range of resources and information regarding working with vulnerable populations in research, including children, subjects who cannot speak or read English, and others. Download a chart that details criteria for approving research on children. (
http://www.research.ucsf.edu/chr/Guide/hsppVulnerable.asp
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The American Psychological Association (APA), in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. The ethics page contains ethics statements, codes of conduct, and other ethical guidelines. (
http://www.apa.org/ethics/
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The Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics is housed at Ohio University. The Institute is dedicated to promoting the application of fundamental ethical techniques to decision making in an ever-changing world. It is a collaboration of Ohio University's Department of Philosophy, College of Business, and School of Journalism. (
http://freud.citl.ohiou.edu/ethics/
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The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions is housed at Indiana University. It is an endowed center charged with fostering the examination and discussion of ethical issues in American society. (
http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/
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The Society for Ethics is a philosophical society that serves the purpose of promoting philosophical research in ethics. This includes areas such as (but not limited to) ethical theory, and moral, social and political philosophy, as well as areas of applied ethics such as (but not limited to) legal, business, and medical ethics. (
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/corlett/se.html
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) provides leadership on human research subject protections and implements a program of compliance oversight for Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations for the protection of human subjects. (
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/about/
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