CH3 Ethical Issues

Question 1

Ethical dilemma where ethnographer was a bystander to crime and lied to drug deals in order to study gangs in Chicago

Answer 1

Gang for a day (Sudhir Venkatesh)

Question 2

set of ethical principles for human subjectʻs research, including the requirement of informed consent, developed in the wake of the Nuremberg trials following WWII

Answer 2

Nuremberg code

Question 3

an assessment in which the potential harms to research subjects are weighed against the potential benefits of the research

Answer 3

risk vs benefit analysis

Question 4

long term study of untreated syphilis in poor African American men

Answer 4

The Tuskegee Syphilis study

Question 5

study of how normal people could commit atrocities like Nazis of WWII

Answer 5

The Milgrim Obedient study

Question 6

study with male undergraduates who were recruited to be prisoners and guards in a simulated prison

Answer 6

The Zimbardo Stanford Prison study

Question 7

study of “tearooms” (public bathrooms where men had sex) that outed men in the 70s

Answer 7

The Tearoom Trade study

Question 8

the moral system that determines whether actions are right, wrong, good, or bad

Answer 8

ethics

Question 9

1979 report issued by National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research that is designed to protect humans who take part in research

Answer 9

Belmont Report (respect for persons, beneficence, and justice)

Question 10

the ethical principle that people are to be treated as autonomous agents in research studies, and those with diminished autonomy receive protection

Answer 10

respect for persons

Question 11

the ethical principle that refers to the responsibility to do good and to protect subjects from harm in a research study

Answer 11

beneficence

Question 12

the ethical principle that research must be conducted in a fair manner with the potential risks and benefits distributed equally among participants

Answer 12

justice

Question 13

the freedom to say yes or no to participating in a study once all the risks and benefits have been explained

Answer 13

informed consent

Question 14

what informed consent requires participants to be (4 things)

Answer 14

competent, voluntary, fully informed, fully comprehend

Question 15

people who cannot give informed consent

Answer 15

vulnerable population

Question 16

the control over the extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing oneself with others

Answer 16

privacy

Question 17

committee responsible for reviewing all research involving human subjects, with the goal of protecting subjects and preventing ethical violations in research

Answer 17

Institutional review board (IRB)

Question 18

more specific than federal guidelines

no harm to subjects

Participation is voluntary with informed consent

Researchers fully disclose their identity

Anonymity or confidentiality must be maintained

Benefits outweigh any risks

Answer 18

ASA Guidelines

Question 19

when no identifying information can be linked to respondents and even researcher cannot identify them

Answer 19

anonymity

Question 20

when participants identifying information is accessible only to research team

Answer 20

confidentiality

Question 21

sometimes used in research to investigate certain behaviors, reactions, or responses that participants might not exhibit if they were aware of the true purpose of the study.

Answer 21

Deception in research

Question 22

process of interviewing participants after the study and informing them of actual purpose of the study

Answer 22

debriefing

Question 23

when researchers interests or loyalties compromise the way they design, conduct, or report their research

Answer 23

conflict of interest