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Page 1: Conducting Ethical Social Research Loleen Berdahl University of Saskatchewan This material is distributed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Conducting Ethical Social Research

Loleen BerdahlUniversity of Saskatchewan

This material is distributed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License, the full details of which may be found online here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. You may re-use, edit, or redistribute the content provided that the original source is cited, it is for non-commercial purposes, and provided it is distributed under a similar license.

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Conducting Ethical Social Research

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The Consequences of Bad ResearchImage: <insert citation for non-copyright protected image>

• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of: (a) child receiving vaccination, or (b) Jenny McCarthy talking about autism on Oprah

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Considering Research Ethics

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Ethical Violations: Harm/ Potential Harm to Research Subjects

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• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of Milgram experiments

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Ethical Violations: Data FabricationImage: <insert citation for non-copyright protected image>

• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of (a) Ranjit Chandra or (b) baby drinking from bottle

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Ethical Violations: Plagiarism

• Insert your university’s statement of code of conduct on plagiarism

McMaster University Academic Integrity Resources

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Ethical Violations: Misleading One’s Audience

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• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of: (a) poorly designed graphic in recent news reporting or (b) Andrew Wakefield

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Other Types of Ethical Violations?Image: <insert citation for non-copyright protected image>

• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of students engaged in discussion

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Research Ethics and Assessing Risk

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Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) on Research Ethics: Core Principles

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Applying the TCPS Principles: Informed Consent and the Right to Withdraw

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• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of informed consent form

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Informed Consent: TCPS and Capacity to Consent

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Informed Consent: TCPS and Public Figures

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• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of high profile politician

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TCPS: Research on Aboriginal CommunitiesImage: <insert citation for non-copyright protected image>

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TCPS: Deception and the Need for Debriefing

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TCPS: Privacy and ConfidentialityImage: <insert citation for non-copyright protected image>

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The Limits of ConfidentialityImage: <insert citation for non-copyright protected image>

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TCPS: Requirement of Appropriate Inclusion

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Ethics Approval at the University of <insert university name>

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• <insert cited/non-copyright protected image of your university, or a screen shot of a recent ethics application that you submitted>

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Thinking Through Research Ethics: Stanford Prison Experiment

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• Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of Stanford Prison Experiment

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Moving Forward:Thinking Through Data Collection and Ethics

Risk to Research Subjects

Risk to Researcher and Research Team

Risk to Acadamia, Community and Society

Surveys

Aggregate Data

Content Analysis

Experiments

Observation

Interviews

Focus Groups

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Summary: The Need to Consider Ethics at All Stages of Research

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Conducting Ethical Social Research

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