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Ethical implications in relation to Milgram's Behavioural Study of Obedience (1963) The controversial study by Stanley Milgram in 1963 has always been at the centre of much debate. While it has been highly praised for it's research on levels of obedience and factors affecting these levels, it has also come under much criticism for unethical practices involving the participants. With respect to ethical implications in psychology, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has produced a thorough code of Conduct from which detailed a great number of ethical guidelines that all practicing psychologists should at adhere to. These guidelines ensure the psychology as a discipline is 'not brought into disrepute' (BPS 2000: 2), as well as safe guarding participants against a variety of hazards they may endure. The original publication of this code of conduct was in 1985, and hence with hindsight, more contemporary psychologists have been able to use these guidelines...

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