Video - Germany and the Nurmburg Trails - There was a Code of Ethics for a Reason - Without Ethics Society is Damned - These People payed the pri

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When most people think of ethics (or morals), they think of rules for distinguishing between right and wrong, such as the Golden Rule "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", a code of professional conduct like the Hippocratic Oath "First of all, do no harm", a religious creed like the Ten Commandments "Thou Shalt not kill", or a wise aphorisms like the sayings of Confucius. This is the most common way of defining "ethics": norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.

There are several reasons why it is important to adhere to ethical norms in research. First, norms promote the aims of research, such as knowledge, truth, and avoidance of error. For example, prohibitions against fabricating, falsifying, or misrepresenting research data promote the truth and minimize error.

TODAY, we see many examples of what happens when ethical behaviour is abandoned.

Nuremburg was a dog and pony show, look what didn’t happen to the second president of nazi germany

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Except for the ones that swing from a rope!