The Ethics of Social Research : Fieldwork, Regulation, and Publication / edited by Joan E. Sieber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Ethnographic Fieldwork and Beneficial Reciprocity : -- 1. Harms, Benefits, Wrongs, and Rights in Fieldwork / Joan Cassell -- 2. Research Reciprocity Rather than Informed Consent in Fieldwork / Murray L. Wax -- 3. The Threat of the Stranger: Vulnerability, Reciprocity, and Fieldwork / Myron Glazer -- 4. Risks in the Publication of Fieldwork / Carole Gaar Johnson -- Part II. The Roles of Social Scientists in Research Regulation and in Giving Social Science to Society via the Mass Media : -- 5. A Proposed System of Regulation for the Protection of Participants in Low-Risk Areas of Applied Social Research / Donald T. Campbell and Joe Shelby Cecil -- 6. Regulation and Education: The Role of the Institutional Review Board in Social Science Research / Elizabeth Decker Tanke and Tony J. Tanke -- 7. Social Science in the Mass Media: Images and Evidence / S. Holly Stocking and Sharon L. Dunwoody -- --

Part I. Ethnographic Fieldwork and Beneficial Reciprocity : -- -- 1. Harms, Benefits, Wrongs, and Rights in Fieldwork / Joan Cassell -- Comparing Experimental Research with Fieldwork -- Relations between Investigators and Investigated -- Relations between Fieldworkers and Informants -- Applying Kantian Ethics to Fieldwork -- Analyzing Wrongs -- Conclusions -- -- 2. Research Reciprocity Rather than Informed Consent in Fieldwork / Murray L. Wax -- The Context of the Moral Challenge -- Openness, Deception, and Consent in Fieldwork -- The "Consent Process" in the Community Study -- The Relativity of "Informed" -- Research Reciprocities -- -- 3. The Threat of the Stranger: Vulnerability, Reciprocity, and Fieldwork / Myron Glazer -- The Pain of Words and the Right of Refusal -- The Fear of Retaliation and the Problem of Fidelity -- The Plight of Survivors and the Promise of Advocacy -- The Face of Death and the Call of Compassion -- A Word of Summary and Acknowledgment -- -- 4. Risks in the Publication of Fieldwork / Carole Gaar Johnson -- Lessons in the Ethics of Publishing Fieldwork Exemplified by the Studies of Springdale and Plainville -- Scientific Responsibility -- Consent to Risk Violation of Confidentiality -- Publication of Secrets -- Guidelines for "Ethical Proofreading" of Fieldwork Manuscripts -- Directions for Future Research on the Ethics of Publishing Fieldwork -- -- Part II. The Roles of Social Scientists in Research Regulation and in Giving Social Science to Society via the Mass Media : -- -- 5. A Proposed System of Regulation for the Protection of Participants in Low-Risk Areas of Applied Social Research / Donald T. Campbell and Joe Shelby Cecil -- Proposed Regulations -- Critique of Campbell and Cecil's Proposal: Subjects Need More Protection / Ernest R. House -- Critique of Campbell and Cecil's Proposal: Don't Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater / Norman M. Bradburn -- -- 6. Regulation and Education: The Role of the Institutional Review Board in Social Science Research / Elizabeth Decker Tanke and Tony J. Tanke -- The IRB and the Review Process: Examining the Research Proposal -- Communication between the Board and the Investigator -- Conclusion -- -- 7. Social Science in the Mass Media: Images and Evidence / S. Holly Stocking and Sharon L. Dunwoody -- Research on the Process -- Research Needs -- Some Implications and Practical Suggestions