SOAN 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3-4: United States Public Health Service, American Medical Association, Nuremberg Code

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3070
• Professor: Anna Borisenkova

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Social scientists, perhaps to a greater extent than the average citizen have an ethical obligation to their colleagues, their study populations and the larger society. The reason for this is that social scientists delve into the lives of other human beings. From such excursions into private social lives, various policies, practices and even laws may result. Researchers much ensure the rights, privacy and welfare of the people and communities that form the focus of their studies. To a large extent, concerns about research ethics revolve around various issues of harm, consent, privacy and the confidentiality of data. Among the fundamental tenets of ethical social scientific research is the notion of do not harm: this refers to avoiding physical and emotional harm. Sometimes it is difficult to follow absolutely in practice. Ethical failures occur due to carelessness, or the simple fact of not ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)o(cid:396)ked out all the details of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h desig(cid:374)