SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Sociological Association, Stanford Prison Experiment, Mark Regnerus
16 Oct 2017
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Famous cases of ethical controversy to read about include: Other controversial research studies to check out on your own time: Stanley milgram study on obedience (1963) Mark regnerus study on same-sex parenting (2012) Federal regulations require that every institution that seeks federal funding for biomedical or behavioral research on human subjects have an institutional review board that reviews research proposals. After researchers receive irb approval for their study, they can begin collecting data. Irbs at universities and other agencies apply ethics standards that are set by federal regulations, but they can be expanded or specified by the irb itself. The american sociological association (asa) like other professional social science organizations has adopted, for practicing sociologists, ethics guidelines that are more specific than the federal regulations. Professional organizations may also review complaints of unethical practices when asked. Six important ethical principles: achieve valid results:
