Ethics+in+Research

ETHICS IN SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
 * 1) **//Is it acceptable to lie to and/or mislead subjects in a study if all of the statements listed below are true? Why/Why not?//**
 * 2) **//the anonymity of the subjects is protected//**
 * 3) **//the subjects were not harmed in any way (mentally, physically) during the research//**
 * 4) **//Are there circumstances where it would acceptable to not protect the anonymity of the subjects or to harm them physically or mentally? Why/Why not?//**
 * 5) **//Which of the following experiments/actions, if any, would be unacceptable? Why/Why not?//**
 * 6) **//Doing research about drug dealers by going undercover and spending time with them, even occasionally dealing drugs with them//**
 * 7) **//In the same research (mentioned above), not telling the police names of people who broke the law when asked//**
 * 8) **//Monitoring people's cell phones (calls/texts) without their permission or knowledge//**
 * 9) **//Videotaping people who jaywalk across a street without their knowledge//**
 * 10) **//Videotaping people who enter a brothel without their knowledge//**
 * 11) **//Dressing in a disguise to interview subjects to hide one's own identity//**
 * 12) **//Lying to subjects about one's own identity//**
 * 13) **//Lying to subjects about the purposes of the questions/research//**
 * 14) **//Enticing someone to do something considered (by a majority of people) immoral (lying, etc.)//**
 * 15) **//Offering money to people to participate in the research//**