GEOG 2260 Lecture 2: GEOG2260 Week 2 Jan 19 LEcture Notes
11 Feb 2012
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Must recognize underlying social, political, economic trends influencing science. Pressure regarding research topics & results: publication, granting industries, govt agencies. Relations of power: relship b/w researcher & researched and historical/material content, reciprocal, asymmetrical, exploitative. Trust& power instilled in scientists so much conduct themselves ethically. Trade-offs: access to info/subjects vs ethical risk one is willing to take. But ethical dilemmas are often in grey-areas where right vs wrong is unclear. Conflict of interest (linked to politics!: covert research, secret research: misrepresentation, trespassing, illegal activity, etc, deception is a major ethical breach but where do you draw the line, voluntary participation. Involuntary participation risks invasion of privacy & manipulation. Important ideal but is it attainable, desirable: informed or implied consent. Informed=agreement (written, audio, verbal) of individuals to participate as exercise of choice, free from. Geo 2260 week 2 jan 19 thurs. fraud, deceit, duress, etc.
