Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists

By: Israel, Mark Publication details: New York Sage Publication Ltd. 2015 Edition: 2/eDescription: xi,247p. 24cmISBN: 9781446207499Subject(s): Aboriginal Research Ethics, Research Integrity, Virtual Ethics, Economic & Social Research Council, Ethnography, Ghost Authorship, PlagiarismDDC classification: 174.93 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Why care about ethics? Ethical approaches Codes and principles Regulating ethics Informed consent Confidentiality Avoiding harm, doing good and seeking justice Integrity and misconduct Relationships Beyond regulatory compliance

Summary: Ethics and integrity in research are increasingly important for social scientists around the world. We are tackling more complex problems in the face of expanding and not always sympathetic regulation. This book surveys the recent developments and debates around researching ethically and with integrity and complying with ethical requirements. The new edition pushes beyond the work of the first edition through updated and extended coverage of issues relating to international, indigenous, interdisciplinary and internet research. Through case studies and examples drawn from all continents and from across the social science disciplines, the book: demonstrates the practical value of thinking seriously and systematically about ethical conduct in social science research identifies how and why current regulatory regimes have emerged reveals those practices that have contributed to the adversarial relationships between researchers and regulators encourages all parties to develop shared solutions to ethical and regulatory problems.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
REF	V.M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar - Panaji Law	Research	174.93 ISR/Res (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Paperback	1	Not for loan		VMS-023374
REF	V.M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar - Panaji Law	Research	174.93 ISR/Res (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Paperback	2	Not for loan (Restricted Access)		VMS-023375

Ethics and integrity in research are increasingly important for social scientists around the world. We are tackling more complex problems in the face of expanding and not always sympathetic regulation. This book surveys the recent developments and debates around researching ethically and with integrity and complying with ethical requirements. The new edition pushes beyond the work of the first edition through updated and extended coverage of issues relating to international, indigenous, interdisciplinary and internet research.

Through case studies and examples drawn from all continents and from across the social science disciplines, the book:

demonstrates the practical value of thinking seriously and systematically about ethical conduct in social science research
identifies how and why current regulatory regimes have emerged
reveals those practices that have contributed to the adversarial relationships between researchers and regulators
encourages all parties to develop shared solutions to ethical and regulatory problems.

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