Ethics

BPS Programme Standard 3

3.1 All accredited programmes must include teaching on the Society’s Code of Ethics and Conduct and relevant supplementary ethical guidelines. 3.2 Accredited programmes must have mechanisms in place to ensure that all research undertaken by students that involves human participants is conducted in line with the Society’s Code of Human Research Ethics. 3.3 Programmes must ensure that students are taught and assessed on ethics beyond the submission of ethics applications for research projects. 3.4 Programmes should familiarise students with the distinct role of the Society as the professional body for psychology, and the Health and Care Professions Council as the statutory regulator for practitioner psychologists in the UK.