Research Ethics and Integrity in Social Science

What is it about?

This book offers practical support to social researchers in thinking through the ethical issues they face. It is built around a step-by-step checklist which identifies the conventional challenges of gaining consent, giving information to participants, the problems of deception and covert observation, dealing with vulnerable subjects and so on. It uses case study examples to illustrate how other researchers have dealt with difficult problems.

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Why is it important?

Research ethics and scientific integrity have grown to be an important element of research funding from national and international funding sources. Formal research ethics review remains a hurdle few researchers fully understand. This book can support and guide researchers through the ethics review process. It helps researchers throughout the ongoing process of research, helping anticipate difficulties and address problems that could both cause harm to researchers and participants alike.