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The ethics of ethical debates in peace and conflict research: Notes towards the development of a research covenant

19 Apr 2016-Methodological Innovations online (SAGE Publications)-Vol. 9, pp 2059799116630657
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline the case for peace and conflict researchers to formulate a research covenant to better shape their ethical obligations and responsibilities, which is an urgent necessity given the complexity of conflict resolution.
Abstract: This article outlines the case for peace and conflict researchers to formulate a research covenant to better shape their ethical obligations and responsibilities. This is an urgent necessity given ...
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TL;DR: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was conducted by the United States Public Health Service beginning in 1932 and lasted over four decades, and it was not until 1972, in large part prompted by exposure from the Vietnam War.
Abstract: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was conducted by the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) beginning in 1932. The study examined untreated cases of latent syphilis in human subjects to determine the \" natural course \" of the disease. Three hundred and ninety nine black males from Tuskegee, Alabama, who already had late-stage syphilis, were recruited for this study along with a matched sample of 201 noninfected males. The subjects were not asked to provide their informed consent in order to participate in this project. Those infected with syphilis in the early 1930s were given the standard treatment at that time, which consisted of administering heavy metals. However, those men participating in the study were, not treated. In fact, the doctor in charge of the study noted \" everyone is agreed that the proper procedure is the continuance of the observation of the negro men used in the study with the idea of eventually bringing them to autopsy \" (Jones, 1993, p. 132). However, when antibiotics became available in the 1940s and it was evident that this treatment would improve a patient's chances for recovery, antibiotic treatment was withheld from the infected subjects, even though the researchers knew that if left untreated the disease would definitely progress to increased disability and eventually early death. According to some reports, \" on several occasions, the USPHS actually sought to prevent treatment \" (Heintzelman, 1996, p. 49). The experiment lasted over four decades, and it was not until 1972, in large part prompted by exposure from

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TL;DR: The authors argue that new and unexpected ethical questions can emerge after exiting the field, including responsibilities to research participants, dissemination, and publication, which should be part of how we conceive of ethical obligations.
Abstract: As researchers, when do our ethical obligations end? How should our ethical obligations respond to dynamic and unstable political contexts? Political scientists frequently work in dynamic political situations that can pose new ethical questions beyond those existing at the point of fieldwork. Yet, research ethics are often conceived in terms of a static, if not hermetically sealed, field site that remains frozen in time at the point we conduct fieldwork and collect data. I argue, first, that we need to consider more systematically how a dynamic field intersects with ethical obligations. Second, I argue that new and unexpected ethical questions can emerge after exiting the field, including responsibilities to research participants, dissemination, and publication, and returning to the field, which should be a part of how we conceive of ethical obligations.

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TL;DR: Sudhir Venkatesh Gang Leader for a Day Penguin Books, 2008 as discussed by the authors, p. 320 sidor, haftad. ISBN: 0141030917, p.
Abstract: Sudhir Venkatesh Gang Leader for a Day Penguin Books, 2008. 320 sidor, haftad. ISBN: 0141030917.

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TL;DR: The authors explored the potential merits of a dialogical research design and practice, and how this might alleviate the harmful effects of doing research in vulnerable contexts, and discussed the potential benefits of dialogical design and practices.
Abstract: This article explores the potential merits of a dialogical research design and practice, and how this might alleviate the harmful effects of doing research in vulnerable contexts. A dialogical appr...

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  • ...The latter argument indicates that research should start from a more demanding ethical stance that provides direct benefits to the research participants and should imagine research in more collaborative terms (Brewer 2016; Fujii 2016; Nagar 2014; Močnik 2018; Fine 2016a)....

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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The Handbook of qualitative research (HOF) as discussed by the authors has been used extensively in qualitative research research, see http://www.handbookof qualitative research.huffman.org.
Abstract: Publie anterieurement sous le titre : Handbook of qualitative research, 1994 Comprend des references bibliographiques Comprend un index

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TL;DR: The boundaries of interpretive research are as yet undefined, and criteria for judging the quality of such research are even more fluid and emergent as mentioned in this paper, and developing criteria are nominated and evaluated.
Abstract: Not only are the boundaries of interpretive research as yet undefined, but criteria for judging the quality of such research are even more fluid and emergent. Developing criteria are nominated and ...

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"The ethics of ethical debates in pe..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...It is represented best by world-leading specialists in qualitative methodology like Lincoln (1995) and Denzin (see Denzin and Giardina (2007b), as well as in research methods textbook by Mertens and Ginsberg (2009), Denzin and Giardina (2007a) and Denzin and Lincoln (2011), among others....

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TL;DR: Lee and Renzetti as discussed by the authors discussed the Ethics and Politics of Sensitive Research in the field of field research on sensitive topics, and used visual imagery to explore gendered notions of pain to explore the cyclical pattern of child abuse.
Abstract: PART ONE: WHAT IS SENSITIVE RESEARCH? The Problems of Researching Sensitive Topics - Raymond M Lee and Claire M Renzetti An Overview and Introduction The Ethics and Politics of Sensitive Research - Joan E Sieber PART TWO: DESIGNING RESEARCH ON SENSITIVE TOPICS The Cyclical Pattern of Child Abuse - Sharon D Herzberger A Study of Research Methodology Measuring the Underground Economy - J J Thomas A Suitable Case for Interdisciplinary Treatment? Doing Research in Post-Tiananmen China - Daniel J Curran and Sandra Cook Developing a Community Sample of Gay Men for an Epidemiological Study of AIDS - John L Martin and Laura Dean PART THREE: SENSITIVITY IN FIELD RESEARCH 'They Must Be Crazy' - Marybeth Ayella Some of the Difficulties in Researching 'Cults' Sensitivity as a Problem in Field Research - John D Brewer A Study of Routine Policing in Northern Ireland Mediating the Message - Nigel G Fielding Affinity and Hostility in Research on Sensitive Topics AIDS Prevention Research - Benjamin P Bowser and Joan E Sieber Old Problems and New Solutions PART FOUR: THE USE OF FEMINIST METHODOLOGIES IN RESEARCHING SENSITIVE TOPICS An Education in Interviewing - Rosalind Edwards Placing the Researcher and the Research Interviewing Survivors of Marital Rape - Raquel Kennedy Bergen Doing Feminist Research on Sensitive Topics Using Visual Imagery to Explore Gendered Notions of Pain - Gillian Bendelow PART FIVE: DISSEMINATING SENSITIVE RESEARCH FINDINGS: STRUCTURAL AND PERSONAL CONSTRAINTS Studying African Women's Secret Societies - Pamela J Brink Ethical Issues in Self-Censorship - Patricia A Adler and Peter Adler Ethnographic Research on Sensitive Topics Anticipating Media Coverage - Noreen L Channels Methodological Decisions in Criminal Justice Research

621 citations

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01 May 1991
TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a history of covert publishing in the rapidly changing environment by describing its development over several decades and the techniques used to achieve it.
Abstract: *Introduction *Codes and Control *Privacy *Informed Consent *Covert Method *Writing and Publishing *Effects *Conclusion Bibliography and References Index

422 citations

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01 Jan 1967
TL;DR: The classic study of deviance, from poolrooms and hustlers to beats, jazz musicians, and pornographers, can be found in the book "Deviance: From Poolrooms and Hustlers to Beats".
Abstract: The classic study of deviance, from poolrooms and hustlers to beats, jazz musicians, and pornographers.

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"The ethics of ethical debates in pe..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Some social researchers believe they have responsibility as law-abiding citizens to report knowledge of illegal behaviour (see, for example, Yablonsky, 1968), others say they would disclose only if there was an intention to harm another person, while others keep to the practice of never revealing guilty knowledge confidentially obtained (see, for example, Lowman and Palys, 2014; Polsky, 1967)....

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  • ...…of illegal behaviour (see, for example, Yablonsky, 1968), others say they would disclose only if there was an intention to harm another person, while others keep to the practice of never revealing guilty knowledge confidentially obtained (see, for example, Lowman and Palys, 2014; Polsky, 1967)....

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