The Basics of Social Research

Chapter Three.  The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

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ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
Voluntary Participation
No Harm to the Participants
Anonymity and Confidentiality
Deception
Analysis and Reporting
Institutional Review Boards
Professional Codes of Ethics
TWO ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES
Trouble in the Tearoom
Observing Human Obedience
THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Objectivity and Ideology
Politics with a Little "p"
Politics in Perspective


 
Web Resources
American Sociological Association, Code of Ethics
http://www.asanet.org/members/ecoderev.html

Department of Health and Human Services, Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR Part 46)
http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm

Research Council of Norway, Guidelines for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences, Law and the Humanities
http://www.etikkom.no/NESH/eretn.htm