The web site of IIT's Institutional Review Board, which is legally required to review all research happening at IIT that involves human research participants. If you have any doubt about if your project needs IRB approval, send them an email describing your project at irb@iit.edu.
Published in 1979, the Belmont Report lays out the basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects in the U.S.
Developed by the World Medical Association, this statement has largely replaced the Nuremberg Code as the current international standard for experimentation using human subjects.
This statement arose from the Nuremberg Military Tribunal after WWII. It states that human experimentation is only justifiable if its results benefit society, and if it is carried out in accord with basic ethical and legal principles.
The U.S. OHRP is charged with interpreting and overseeing the implementation of all regulations regarding the protection of human subjects. Includes links to ethical guidelines and regulations, fact sheets, and policy statements of the NIH.
Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research by 
Ethics of the Use of Human Subjects in Research by 