The controversies among researchers about the ethical and moral principles that guide the planning and the development of their activities with human beings have become more frequent. This article was elaborated with the objective of presenting reflections that might contribute to enlighten the contradictions of the ethical principles supported by psychologist researchers and which are related to the application of CNS Resolution nº 196/96 and to the content of Law Project nº 78/2006. This is an attempt to understand the meanings of such contradictions in the development of psychological research. The text was developed initially to contribute with the discussions of the Forum on Ethics held at the XIII Symposium of Research and Scientific Exchange in Psychology, sponsored by the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology, and it consists in an interpretative analysis of documents, compared with the research experience of one of the authors and the review of literature. In short, the text deals with the question of ethics in research in relation to the norms set in the country, develops the analysis of institutional documents and suggests some alternatives of action aimed at improving the regulatory framework.
Ethics in research; Ethic Research with human beings; Scientific research - psychology; Informed consent; Bioethics