Ethical Issues In Sociological Research

If I was one to conduct such a project or similar, I would be shocked, and would feel very uncomfortable. If I had to invade, a.k.a. stalk a person to study, would be extremely uncomfortable, and I would also feel guilty and ashamed for my actions. If I was to aquire this project, I would notify the people or group, that they will be studied for an experiment for my sociology class, even if it means that my information / data will be altered. Every person deserves space and privacy, and invaon of privacy is rude, and against the law. I personally believe, and know, according to the American Sociological Association, in order for and experiment to be ethical, you must be objective in your research, You must respect the rights of research subjects, You must respect the subject's right to privacy, and you must acknowledge all authors and reseaarchers of the project. So according to the A.S.A., his experiment was unethical, given the fact that he did not follow none of the ethics provided. So, I personally believe his work is unethical. He intentially, did not notify the people, violated their rights by aquiring their address without their consent, and stalking them, which by definition is to pursue or approach stealthily. …show more content…
Without the people's consent of his study, he managed to study them in their natural behavior, and not altered by their consents, as the Hawthorne effects states. If the subjects were known or told of the experiment, they would have prevented certain behaviors, such as the sexual acts they committed in the restroom. As a better way to intereact with their social group, he included himself or participated, as a participant observer. He helped them, as a watch out, during their acts in the restroom, which made it possible to witness when and where they were commiting such acts. It improved his data, and