Principles of Professional Ethics Cornell Studies in Social Growth

The "Principles of Professional Ethics" were developed by the members of the staff of Cornell Studies in Social Growth, a long-range program of team research sponsored by the Department of Child Development and Family Relationships in the College of Home Economics at Cornell University. Miss Doris Kells, a clinical psychologist, had the major responsibility for collating ideas and preparing drafts for staff discussion. The code represents an attempt to anticipate the ethical problems likely to arise in a community study (The Springdale Project) involving extensive interviewing and observation by specially trained graduate students working under faculty supervision. The present preliminary draft was drawn up before the most intensive phase of field operations had begun. Since that time, experience has underscored two important considerations.