Learning Objectives
- What is human subjects research, and what special considerations does it require?
- What are some of the key examples of unethical research in the medical and social sciences? What are some of the ethical problems of these studies?
- What are the major ethical policies and resources for social scientists pursuing research?
- Why might sociologists want to deceive research subjects, either implicitly or explicitly? Under what circumstances is some degree of deception ethically permissible?
- What ethical obligations guide sociological scholarship?
- What are some of the special ethical considerations of community-based research and evaluation research?