Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Josef Mengele, Scientific Misconduct, Eugenics

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2206A/B
• Professor: Stephen Lin

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Improper sponsorship of research (i. e. suppression of findings bias for excessive profits) A hypothetical scenario: consider the following research project, high school drug use survey, consider potential problems in the research that may violate ethical guidelines. High school drug use: 50 students were interviewed on videotape about whether they have used drugs and alcohol. Other famous research comes with ethical concerns: nazi medicine, nazi doctors such as mengele placed concentration camp prisoners (including twins) in experiments to test exposure to cold, air pressure, positions, etc, eugenics ideology. Improving the genetic quality of the human population: serious physical and psychological harm including death. Jewish people were treated unethically: sure knowledge might have been advanced but many individuals were harmed in the process. Humphrey"s tearoom trade: about 100 men were observed engaging in sexual acts of humphrey"s acted as a lookout for them, followed them to their cars and secretly recorded their licence plate numbers.