The Ethics of Social Research Fieldwork, Regulation, and Publication

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sieber, Joan E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1982, 1982
Edition:1st ed. 1982
Series:Springer Series in Social Psychology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Ethnographic Fieldwork and Beneficial Reciprocity
  • 1. Harms, Benefits, Wrongs, and Rights in Fieldwork
  • 2. Research Reciprocity Rather than Informed Consent in Fieldwork
  • 3. The Threat of the Stranger: Vulnerability, Reciprocity, and Fieldwork
  • 4. Risks in the Publication of Fieldwork
  • II. The Roles of Social Scientists in Research Regulation and in Giving Social Science to Society via the Mass Media
  • 5. A Proposed System of Regulation for the Protection of Participants in Low-Risk Areas of Applied Social Research
  • 6. Regulation and Education: The Role of the Institutional Review Board in Social Science Research
  • 7. Social Science in the Mass Media: Images and Evidence
  • Author Index