An Ethics Commission was created by a faculty resolution and approved by means of an ordinance from the Faculty Council. The ordinance took effect on February 1, 2009.
The ethics ordinance is based on the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002) of the American Psychological Association (APA), the "Ethische Richtlinien für Psychologinnen und Psychologen" (Ethical Guidelines for Psychologists) of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Psychologie (Swiss Psychological Society – SGP), the Code of Ethics of the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Code of Ethics of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (German Society of Sociology – DGS), the Ethical Standards of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Code of Ethics of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (German Society for Educational Science – DGfE) and the Principles of Professional Ethics for Sports Scientists of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (German Society of Sport Science – DVS).
Based on these guidelines, members of the Faculty of Human Sciences may only conduct empirical testing on humans if the Ethics Commission responsible has given its approval.
Please note that this is the Ethics Commission of the Faculty of Human Sciences. Ethic applications can only be submitted by senior researchers of the Faculty of Human Sciences. We ask researchers from other faculties to inform themselves within their faculties about possibilities to obtain ethical approval.
Contact: Dr. Robinson Aschoff (ethik.humdek@unibe.ch)
