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ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH. SKW 320. Research and Human as Subjects. Advances in human health and welfare Privileges by society, institutions, research subjects More benefits than risks. Considerations…. Critically evaluate the decision to conduct research. Comply with regulations.

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ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

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  1. ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH SKW 320

  2. Research and Human as Subjects Advances in human health and welfare Privileges by society, institutions, research subjects More benefits than risks.

  3. Considerations… Critically evaluate the decision to conduct research. Comply with regulations. Protect individual rights to self determination. Promote responsible use of human subjects.

  4. What is… Norms for conduct: acceptable vs unacceptable behaviour Disciplines that study standards of conduct: Philosophy, theology, law Method, procedure or perspective: Analyze problems and issues

  5. Importance… Promote the aims of research Promote values that are essential to collaborative work Accountable to the public Build public support Promote moral and social values

  6. Some ethical principles… Honesty: reporting method, data and findings, publication. Objectivity: avoid bias.

  7. Integrity Carefulness Openness

  8. Respect for Intellectual Property Confidentiality Responsible Publication

  9. Responsible Mentoring Respect for colleagues Social responsibility

  10. Non-discrimination Competence Legality

  11. Animal Care Human Subject Protection

  12. Case Study 1: Mr. A’s article has been accepted by a journal for publication. He suddenly realised that the analysis was not accurate. Yet, the result was not affected. What should Mr. A do?

  13. Case Study 2: Anne wrote two articles on a topic. Article A was written in Bahasa Melayu, article B was written in English. Both articles were accepted for publication by two different journals. Is Anne’s action ethical or unethical?

  14. Case Study 3: Faisal presented a paper in a conference. The paper was published in the conference’s proceedings. After doing some amendments on the paper, Faisal then send the paper to a journal, and it was published. Is Faisal’s action acceptable?

  15. Deviations… Publication: Publish same paper in different journals Submit same paper to different journals Including a colleague as an author in return for favour Making negative comments and personal attack as reviewer Rejecting a manuscript without reading

  16. Deviations… Methodology: Hide intention to file a patent Discussing confidential data as reviewer Trimming outliers from data Inappropriate statistical techniques Bypass peer review process Fails to acknowledge other contributors Strecthing the truth on a grant Strecthing the truth on a CV

  17. Deviations… Methodology: Failing to keep good research records Failing to maintain research data Not reporting an adverse event in human research experiment Wasting animals in research Exposing students and staff to biological risks Sabotaging someone’s work

  18. Deviations… Consultation: Give same project to two graduate students Overworking, neglecting, or exploiting graduate students

  19. References… Kalichman, M. 2001. Human Subjects. Resources for Research Ethics Education. http://research-ethics.net/topics/human-subjects/print Resnik, D.B. 2010. What is ethics in research and why is it important? National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis.cfm Sanjeev Handa. 2008. Plagiarism and publication ethics: do’s and don’t’s. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology (IJDVL), Vol 74, 4, 301-303. http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2008/74/4/301/42882 Trochim, M.K. 2006. Ethics in Research. http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/ethics.php

  20. THANK YOU r_adawiah@usm.my

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