Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Josef Mengele, Scientific Misconduct, Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council
19 Apr 2016
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Ethics in social research: march 7 th , 2016 o o. Ethical guidelines = rules about how to conduct a study in a manner that protects participants" well-being while advancing knowledge. Improper sponsorship of research (e. g. , suppression of findings, bias and excessive profit). Consider the following research project: high school drug use survey. Consider potential problems in the research that may be subject to ethics guidelines. 50 students are interviewed on videotape about whether they have used drugs and alcohol. They are selected at random over a lunch hour in the high school and interviewed on the spot. Nazi doctors such as mengele placed concentration camp prisoners (including twins) in experiments to test exposure to cold, air pressure, poisons, etc. About 100 men were observed engaging in sexual acts as humphreys" acted as a lookout for them. Followed them to their cars and secretly recorded their license plate numbers. Lack of consent, deception, psychological harm (e. g. , privacy violation, embarrassment, stigma).
