CC233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sexual Misconduct, Research, Scientific Misconduct
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Ethical guidelines: rules about how to conduct a study in a manner that protects participants" well-being while advancing knowledge. Improper sponsorship of research: suppression of findings, bias for excessive profits, cheating: trying to impress the sponsors. Wanting to know if highschool students are using an illegal drug. Some researchers feel the need to study this topic, but the way you approach them can be dramatic. 50 students are interviewed on videotaped about if they have used drugs or alcohol, randomly selected over the lunch period: not having their permission, need consent since they are under-aged. At the time this wasn"t a concern, since humans were treated as an experiment. Nazi doctor such as mengele placed concentration camp prisoners (twins) in experiments to test exposure to cold, air pressure, poisons. Eugenics ideology: improving the genetic quality of human population. Serious physical and psychological harms (death: people"s health has been compromised. Lack of consent, deception, psychological harm, privacy violation, stigma.
