Ethics - Lecture 3

Question 1

Core Principles: Principle 1: Consent

Answer 1

Contact with members of the public is at all times to be undertake with their consent and with observance of right to withdraw at any time.

Question 2

Principle 2: Public Confidence

Answer 2

Members should act in a manner that promotes confidence of the public in the research; lying about survey length.

Question 3

Principle 3: Public’s Right to Privacy

Answer 3

The use of research should only extend to those purposes for which consent was received. Public’s desire for privacy and anonymity is to be respected.

Question 4

Principle 4: Accuracy

Answer 4

Avoid conducting research and report results that would be inaccurate or misleading.

Question 5

Principle 5: Ethical Practice

Answer 5

Members shall at all times act honestly, ethically, and fairly in their dealings with all members of the public. Don’t demean, criticize, or disparage others.

Question 6

Principle 6: Client Rights:

Answer 6

Members shall protect the interests of their clients and clients’ rights to confidentiality. Records of research will be held for appropriate times and protected from destruction.

Question 7

Principle 7: Lawfulness

Answer 7

Members shall abide by the laws that apply to their research, and this trumps things that are ethical but illegal.

Question 8

Principle 8: Competency

Answer 8

Be competent at your job.

Question 9

Principle 9: Familiarity

Answer 9

Members will undertake to keep themselves, co-workers, and clients informed about code of conduct and MRIA stuff.

Question 10

Principle 10: Professionalism

Answer 10

Continuously improve themselves in their chosen profession.

Question 11

Mobile Research Rules

Answer 11

Can’t install apps that deliver ad content (except testing advertising), or collect info for non-research purposes.
Passive data collection that acquires data without asking or answering questions

Data needs to be collected with consent and must be anonymized A picture is considered to be personal identifiable information
Cannot be shared with a client without permission or needs to be anonymized (e.g., 			pixelate faces)

Question 12

Research with Children and Youth

Answer 12

Children defined as 13 or younger
Youth defined as 14 to 17
Parental consent is always required for conducting research with children, regardless of type of research
Cannot even approach/discuss unless accompanied by adult
Need parental consent for youth with subjects of special care.

Question 13

Qualitative Research Ethics

Answer 13

When conducting research, must mention issues of confidentiality
Recordings, viewers, mirrors, etc.
Client supplied lists must not be used for other projects
Should not project results to larger population
Consent from parent/guardian required for anyone under 18 regardless of topic

Question 14

Internet Research Ethics

Answer 14

Treat with respect; don’t ask for too much time and effort
Sensitive to concerns: actually listen to people’s concerns and hear them out.
Maintain difference between research and commercial activities.

Question 15

To email people:

Answer 15

• A pre-existing relationship: aka giving up your information of your own free will.
  
  • Ability to be removed from further email contact (i.e., unsubscribe option)
  • Must exclude people who have asked to be removed (from list or data)