Create a timeline in either Excel, Word, or PowerPoint that reviews ethical failures and other research
misconduct, beginning with the Nazi Holocaust Experiments and ending with the Cambridge Analytica use of
personal data. Be sure to include the following points on your timeline:
Plot at least five historical cases of research that raised questions about professional ethics and conduct.
For each point on your timeline, note the following:
the lead researcher and other contributors;
the date and location of the research;
the implicated ethical principle(s);
whether the implicated ethical principle(s) can be found in the Nuremberg Code, the Belmont Report, the
Common Rule, the American Psychological Association (APA) Ethical Principles, or the APA Code of Conduct;
the consequences of the study;
whether the study could have been adapted to comply with today’s ethical standards; and
the source in which you found your information.
On a separate page, write a summary of the progression of ethical standards in research since the Nuremberg
trials. Include the role of institutional review board (IRB) approval, and discuss the potential consequences of
research misconduct. Finally, describe what ethical issues are emerging from the use of data collected on
social media.
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