SOC221H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Milgram Experiment, Bes, Cyril Burt
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Ethical issues ask you to balance two values: the pursuit of knowledge and the rights of research participants or others in society balance potential benefits against potential costs. Have a moral, professional obligation to be ethical, even if participants are unaware of or unconcerned. Ethics begin & end w/you, the individual social researcher moral code is the best defense (integrity) Most unethical behavior is due to a lack of awareness & pressure on researchers to take ethical shortcuts. Being ethical means research will take longer, cost more, be complicated & ambiguous. Unlikely to get caught, so no real reward to be ethical but it is still demanded- best preparation is to internalize sensitivity to ethical concerns & to adopt a professional role. Scientific misconduct: when someone engages in research fraud, plagiarism, or other unethical conduct that significantly deviates from the accepted practice for conducting and reporting research.
