SOWK 2501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Statistical Inference, Nuremberg Code, Tuberculosis
20 Sep 2016
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Ethics: a moral custom that is used to identify a set of principles around what is right and wrong. Ethical issues: concern, dilemmas, and conflicts that arise over the proper way to conduct research. Ethical principles: guidelines to be followed by the researcher to ensure that the interest of human participants are protected. Nuremberg code (germany; guidelines on medical research due to historical incidences that were unethical) Tuskegee syphilis study (us; 1930-1970- experiments in which they lied to black men about their syphilis treatment; saying they were getting treatment when they weren"t to see the progression. : truth commission into genocide in canada (infected tuberculosis in indigenous children because they haven"t had children with it yet) & allen memorial hospital ( Deception is okay if risk to participant is very little and you wouldn"t get the same result if you were honest. Casw (canadian association of social workers) has establishes ethical principles concerning research.
