Psychologists have a duty of care towards participants and must ensure that their wellbeing is preserved throughout a study.
Participants must be asked to give informed consent before taking part in research and have a right to withdraw at any point.
Milgram?s obedience studies kick-started an ethics debate in psychology and highlighted the need for the development of more stringent guidelines for the conduct of research psychologists.
Although Milgram?s obedience study was judged to be ethical at the time of publication, it would be in violation of the strict ethics guidelines in place today.
