SCS 2150 Lecture : Class 2. Ethics.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: SCS 2150
• Professor: Stephanie Mullen

Document Summary

Objectives: understand the ethical considerations for social science research, understand the elements that must be included in an informed consent form, understand the key professional ethical considerations in each step of a research project. Risk to the researcher: physical safety of the research team. Three ethics pillars to protect participants: confidentiality. Consent must be given to use their name. Elements that must be in an informed consent form: nature of the research, what activities the participants would be involved with (answer questions) Instead of a signature, participants give verbal consent. Would you like to complete this survey? to which participants will say yes to give consent. If participants are interested in findings etc. they are referred to the floor supervisor who can direct them to the right people in the organization. Right to withdraw: participant have to be informed that they can withdraw from the research at any time and for any reason.