SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Institutional Review Board
25 Aug 2016
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No harm to participants, researcher, & 3rd parties. Weighing benefit to potential harm is a fundamental ethical dilemma for researchers. Almost all research has some risk for harm. It is up to the researcher to decide if the possible benefit outweighs the possible risk. Don"t want to cause physical or psychological harm to anyone. (ex) talking to a women who were involved in domestic violence could cause them further harm if their assailant found out they disclosed about their victimization. Cj research usually invades on people"s personal lives. Being selected to participate in research studies disrupts the subject"s regular activities. Easier to accept in theory than to apply to practice. (ex) when an instructor asks students to fill out a survey that they plan to analyze & publish, they need to tell students that participation is completely voluntary. A: when a researcher cannot link a given piece of info to a person.
