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1 Conducting Ethical Social Research Loleen Berdahl University of Saskatchewan This material is distributed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License, the full details of which may be found online here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. You may re-use, edit, or redistribute the content provided that the original source is cited, it is for non-commercial purposes, and provided it is distributed under a similar license.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

2 Conducting Ethical Social Research

3 The Consequences of Bad Research Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of: (a) child receiving vaccination, or (b) Jenny McCarthy talking about autism on Oprah

4 Considering Research Ethics HonestyRisk

5 Ethical Violations: Harm/ Potential Harm to Research Subjects Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of Milgram experiments

6 Ethical Violations: Data Fabrication Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of (a) Ranjit Chandra or (b) baby drinking from bottle

7 Ethical Violations: Plagiarism Insert your university’s statement of code of conduct on plagiarism McMaster University Academic Integrity Resources

8 Ethical Violations: Misleading One’s Audience Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of: (a) poorly designed graphic in recent news reporting or (b) Andrew Wakefield

9 Other Types of Ethical Violations? Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of students engaged in discussion

10 Research Ethics and Assessing Risk Research Subjects Research Team AcademiaSociety RISK

11 Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) on Research Ethics: Core Principles Respect for Persons Concern for Welfare Justice

12 Applying the TCPS Principles: Informed Consent and the Right to Withdraw Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of informed consent form

13 Informed Consent: TCPS and Capacity to Consent Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of children

14 Informed Consent: TCPS and Public Figures Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of high profile politician

15 TCPS: Research on Aboriginal Communities Image: EngagementBenefit Cultural Awareness Capacity Building

16 TCPS: Deception and the Need for Debriefing Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of cyclists

17 TCPS: Privacy and Confidentiality Image: Data Collection Data AnalysisDisseminationData StorageData Disposal

18 The Limits of Confidentiality Image: Confidence of non- disclosure Non-disclosure essential to relationship Relationship fostered for public good Public interest in protecting identity “Wigmore Criteria’ for Journalist- Confidential Source Privilege

19 TCPS: Requirement of Appropriate Inclusion Image: Insert cited/non-copyright protected image of seniors

20 Ethics Approval at the University of Image:

21 Thinking Through Research Ethics: Stanford Prison Experiment Image: Insert cited/non- copyright protected image of Stanford Prison Experiment Research Subjects Research Team AcademiaSociety RISK

22 Moving Forward: Thinking Through Data Collection and Ethics Risk to Research Subjects Risk to Researcher and Research Team Risk to Acadamia, Community and Society Surveys Aggregate Data Content Analysis Experiments Observation Interviews Focus Groups

23 Summary: The Need to Consider Ethics at All Stages of Research HonestyRisk

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