SOC221H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Informed Consent, Scientific Misconduct, Syphilis

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Introduction: ethics includes the concerns, dilemmas, and conflicts that arise over the proper way to conduct research, ethnics define what is or is not legitimate to do, or what moral research procedures involve, there are few ethical absolutes. Why be ethical: unethical researcher, if caught, faces public humiliation, a ruined career, and possible legal action, it typically occurs because of lack of awareness or taking ethnical short cuts so it doesn"t take forever to conduct studies. Scientific misconduct: scientific misconduct: when a researcher falsifies or distorts the data or the methods of data collection, or plagiarizes the work of others. Includes stealing work of another person and misleading it as one"s own. Unethical but legal: behavior may be unethical but legal (i. e. not break any law), e. g. plagiarism. 1: where can you look for ethical guidelines, professional colleagues, ethnical advisory committees and writing on ethics in research, etc.

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