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The Ethics of Social Research

Fieldwork, Regulation, and Publication

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Joan E. Sieber

    1. Department of Psychology, California State University-Hayward, Hayward, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Social Psychology (SSSOC)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Ethnographic Fieldwork and Beneficial Reciprocity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-6
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    2. Harms, Benefits, Wrongs, and Rights in Fieldwork

      • Joan Cassell
      Pages 7-31

    3. Research Reciprocity Rather than Informed Consent in Fieldwork

      • Murray L. Wax
      Pages 33-48

    4. The Threat of the Stranger: Vulnerability, Reciprocity, and Fieldwork

      • Myron Glazer
      Pages 49-70

    5. Risks in the Publication of Fieldwork

      • Carole Gaar Johnson
      Pages 71-91

  3. The Roles of Social Scientists in Research Regulation and in Giving Social Science to Society via the Mass Media

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-96
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    2. A Proposed System of Regulation for the Protection of Participants in Low-Risk Areas of Applied Social Research

      • Donald T. Campbell, Joe Shelby Cecil
      Pages 97-130

    3. Regulation and Education: The Role of the Institutional Review Board in Social Science Research

      • Elizabeth Decker Tanke, Tony J. Tanke
      Pages 131-149

    4. Social Science in the Mass Media: Images and Evidence

      • S. Holly Stocking, Sharon L. Dunwoody
      Pages 151-169

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 171-190
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Social scientists are unprepared for many of the ethical problems that arise in their research, and for criticisms of their ethics that seem to ignore such cherished scientific values as objectivity and freedom of inquiry. Yet, they possess method­ ological talent and insight into human nature that can be used to understand and resolve these problems. The contributors to this book demonstrate that criticism of the ethics of social research can stimulate constructive development of meth­ odology. Both volumes of The Ethics of Social Research were written for and by social scientists to show how ethical dilemmas arise in the day-to-day conduct of social research and how they can be resolved. The topics discussed in the companion volume include ethical problems that arise in experiments and sample surveys; this book deals with the ethical issues involved in fieldwork and in the regulation and publication of research. With candor and humor, many of the contributors describe lessons they have learned about themselves, their methods, and their research participants. Collectively, they illustrate that both humanists and determinists are likely to encounter ethical dilemmas in their research, albeit different ones, and that a blending of deterministic and humanistic approaches may be needed to solve these dilemmas. The aim of this book is to assist investigators in preparing to meet some of the ethical problems that await the unwary. It offers perspectives, values, and guidelines for anticipating problems and devising solutions.

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  • Department of Psychology, California State University-Hayward, Hayward, USA

    Joan E. Sieber

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