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Ethics
In this paper, Adam Hedgecoe reports research on research ethics committees in the UK. His findings are encouraging and reject the assumption that such committees are biased against qualitative research.
Sociology, 42 (5), 873-86 (2008)
DOI 10.1177/0038038508094567
http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/42/5/873
'Research ethics review and the sociological research relationship'
Adam Hedgecoe, University of Sussex, UK
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| Based on her own PhD research on sexual abuse in Brazil, Estefania Guimares shows how ethical issues enter into the nitty-gritty activity of collecting data.
Feminism & Psychology, 17 (2), 149-61 (2007)
DOI 10.1177/0959353507076547
http://fap.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/2/149
'Feminist research practice: using conversation analysis to explore the researcher's interaction with participants'
Estefania Guimaraes, Brazil
Estefania Guimaraes has won a National Communication Association award for the best PhD dissertation.
EXERCISE
Not every student research project is set in such a 'loaded' situation as Estefania's. Nevertheless, review how you propose to collect your data (or have collected them). What ethical issues arise and how do (will) you resolve them?
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| Sometimes we need to conceal our identity in order to research a particular setting. In this paper, based on his own research in a cancer hospital, Marco Marzano considers when it is appropriate to use concealment and when it should be abandoned.
Qualitative Inquiry, 13 (3), 417-36 (2007)
DOI 10.1177/1077800406297665
http://qix.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/13/3/417
'Informed consent, deception, and research freedom in qualitative research'
Marco Marzano, University of Bergamo, Italy
TIP
As Marco's paper shows, we always need to relate ethical decisions to the context which we are studying.
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| Peter Lugosi's paper addresses the issues of concealment and context in a different research setting.
Qualitative Inquiry, 12 (3), 541-61 (2006)
DOI 10.1177/1077800405282801
http://qix.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/12/3/541
'Between overt and covert research: concealment and disclosure in an ethnographic study of commercial hospitality'
Peter Lugosi, Bournemouth University, UK
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| The final paper on ethics reviews a study of 'bouncers' in Manchester, UK. It returns to the issue of covert research and considers the relevance of 'informed consent' in such a setting.
Sociology, 42 (5), 905-18 (2008)
DOI 10.1177/0038038508094569
http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/42/5/905
'The art and politics of covert research: doing "situated ethics" in the field'
David Calvey, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
EXERCISE
- What ethical issues (might) arise in your own research?
- How does (might) the context in which you are researching affect your ethical decisions?
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