Comment by WindyLakeReturn

It should be for all science done for the sake of science, not just medical work. When I did experiments that just involved people playing an existing video game I still had to get approval from IRB and warn people of all the risks that playing a game is associated with (like RSI, despite the gameplay lasting < 15 minutes).

Researchers at a company could arguably be deemed as engaging in unethical research and barred from contributing to the scientific community due to unethical behavior. Even doing experiments on your kids may be deemed crossing the line.

The question I have is when does it apply. If you research on your own kids but never publish, is it okay? Does the act of attempting to publish results retroactively make an experiment unethical? I'm not certain these things have been worked out because of how rare people try to publish anything that wasn't part of an official experiment.