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Outline on
Moral, Ethical & Privacy Issues in Social Research
Link           - Related Links
Link           - Introduction
Link           - Summary
Link Vaccinate via courteousness & professionalism
Link Objectivity
Link Weigh sci value & humane value
Link Inform!
Link Openness, honesty & deception
Link Freedom to decline
Link Protect subjects from harm
Link Debrief to ensure safety of subject
Link Mitigate undesirable consequences
Link Privacy /\ participation
Link Procedures for privacy
Individual responsibility
Admitting weaknesses
Report negative findings
Do not report surprises as if anticipated
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Vaccinate via courteousness & professionalism

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Objectivity
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Weigh sci value & humane value
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Inform!
Any feature that resonably might be expected to influence willingness to participate
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Openness, honesty & deception
When deception is necessary, post-research debriefings must restore subject's understanding
Inform them as to why the deception was necessary
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Freedom to decline
no ex credit, if all cannot participate
no other incentive that is not available to all
cannot use pwr of your position to influence subjects
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Protect subjects from harm
Physical
mental
Must disclose any possibilities
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Debrief to ensure safety of subject
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Mitigate undesirable consequences
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Privacy /\ participation
You do not need to ensure privacy, 
but it is a good idea
Most soc sci research deals w/ personally & publically sensitive subjects
therefore people are more likely to part if their privacy is ensured
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Procedures for privacy
Plan ahead
Know exactly how you are going to ensure privacy 
& then follow those procedures
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Individual responsibility
YOU are responsible
Though as a student, the Prof & HIC is also somewhat responsible
Thus your best protection in preserving anonymity is to make the responses anonymous for you too
Thus you cannot slip up & disclose
You cannot bias the report by knowing who responded
You cannot be forced to disclose to others
You cannot accidentally disclose to others

Indi respon will not protect you from any harm that may come to the subj's

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Admitting weaknesses
You are obligated to disclose any irregularities you uncovered while conducting the research
Most frequent problem is incomplete surveys
But other problems may crop up

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Report negative findings

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Do not report surprises as if anticipated
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