CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Sociological Association, Virtue Ethics, Casuistry
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Reading notes: mark israel and iain hay, research ethics in criminology chapter 33. Describing positive interactions and promoting systematic effort in exchanging models of good practice: basic groundwork ethical terrain, constructive ways to responding to day-to-day and regulatory challenges. Ethics as an unnecessary obstacle in the perspective of researchers. Two distinct difficulties for empirical researchers in criminology: develop ethical ways of working, meet demands of regulators of research ethics. Ethical research can be compromised by bureaucratic procedural demands. Typically researchers don"t consider ethical issues too much till they have to answer to a committee. Has both advantages and disadvantages: unreasonably strict ethical responses, but can offer significant mechanism for ethical reflection. Experienced research have more practical knowledge of ethical dilemmas, regulations, and interpretation, and access to broader scholarly networks. Ethical behaviour to protect individuals, communities and environments and increases the good in the world.