Ethical Issues
- Created by: amberhenton
- Created on: 05-03-14 12:02
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- Ethical Issues
- The moral obligations that all researchers have as developed by the BSA (British Sociological Associations)
- Participants should give free and informed consent to their role in the study
- They should get consent before they do any research, the sociologist should be open and honest about work being carried out
- Problems?
- secret groups
- people with disabilities
- sensitive topic
- people who cant speak fluent English
- children needs parental consent
- Problems?
- Studies can be endangered if the person studied is aware or the real person
- Milgram 1974 didnt get informed consent so was unethical
- It psychologically harmed the participants
- It broke Confidentiality
- They should get consent before they do any research, the sociologist should be open and honest about work being carried out
- Covert Studies are also criticised for not gaining informed consent
- covert methods dont tell people the group being studied that they are actually being studied
- Lack of honesty and informed consent
- covert methods dont tell people the group being studied that they are actually being studied
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