Discussion: Ethical Dilemmas
Consider one of the following ethical dilemmas that may face a researcher. Describe ways you might anticipate the problem and actively address it in your research proposal. What boundaries must researchers work within and who sets them?
a) A prisoner you are interviewing tells you about a potential breakout at the prison that night. What do you do?
b) A researcher on your team copies sentences from another study and incorporates them into the final written report for your project. What do you do?
c) A student collects data for her project from several individuals she has interviewed I families in your city. After the fourth interview, she tells you that she has not received approval for the project from the Institutional Review Board. What do you do?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.