The ethical principles are profound and at times conflicting. These principles are provided in Appendix A in a summary of the Belmont Report, one of the most enduring documents in the field.
Societal changes cause profound regulatory transformations over short periods of time.
Access to research data has produced new dimensions of risk. That is not the case. Behavioral and social science research is governed by the same principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice as medical research. Some of the issues are, at their core, the same. The federal regulations delegate review of human subjects research to the local level, provided that the group reviewing and the review process complies with federal standards.