Research ethics

shifts in the study of childhood have contributed to a push for children to be seen and treated as active participants in the research process (Powell and Smith 2009). Greater involvement of children in decisions that affect them speaks directly to Cassell’s (1980) application of the Kantian principle to judgments of ethical adequacy in fieldwork. She suggests Kantian ethics--“that persons be treated at all times as ends in themselves, never merely as means”--provides a more appropriate ethical…

the reader and that raw data will not be released to any third party, this indeed is an ethical mishap. The participants were given an introductory letter describing the research and inviting participation along with a verbal introduction of the study to all potential…

Camp Neuro at the New York Medical College and taking AP psychology, I have been able to apply my knowledge in myriad classes. My understanding of the biopsychosocial approach to psychology helps me analyze texts in English and moral situations in ethics. The interdisciplinary seminar Modes of Being would serve as a way to continue this intellectual exploration that I am already pursuing in conjunction with my major in psychology. I find that through my experiences, I have been prepared to be…

Researchers must be very careful when conducting research, especially when explaining the results of the study. Research may directly influence changes in policy, practices and behavior. The research may, in more subtle ways, change people’s knowledge, understanding and attitudes towards social issues. Many issues can arise when conducting studies. The primary concern is the safety and protection of the research participants. Protecting the participants will mean conducting a full…

What employment options are available for people with autism? When analyzing the topic of employment options available for people with autism, the research method used in all five articles was surveys. All of the studies and findings were based on self- report surveys provided by the researcher in order to gain feedback and statistics on a certain group of individuals over a course of ten years. The individuals were randomly chosen out of groups of children enrolled in a special education…

Animal Ethics We as humans have gotten to such a high point in evolution that we no longer consider ourselves of the animal kingdom. How would the world react to humans getting antibiotics and other hormones that makes their body grow irregularly. How would we feel if a child was taken away from his mother and given away to be fed to someone. Just because they are animals it doesn't mean we have to mistreat them as if they don't feel any pain. Animals are not seen as individual, living beings…

This could be the ethics committee of the township or school board. With the approval of an ethics committee, the researcher becomes more reputable and can communicate this accomplishment to establish a trusting relationship with the community. At this step in the community based research project, the researcher can begin organizing the Get Healthy event. Ideally, the Get Healthy event will be a free…

Empirical work is a research based on observation. However, there are variety challenges researchers should have faced while undertaking empirical work on babies and young children. Researchers have to consider those challenges such as ethics, consents, communication, funding, rewards and budget etc while they are doing hypothesis and planning. Moreover, there are two sides of perspective when processing an empirical work, one is participants ' performance, the others is from the experiences of…

Description Kantian Ethics is a system of ethics, which affirms that good will is the foundation of ethics. It is a good will, that is the only things that is good as in it self. Kant defines a good will as the correction motivation and thinking, not an emotional sympathetic means but rather “the highest order” of pure practical reason. If one follows Kantian beliefs, there are two crucial questions that one must ask oneself before making decisions surrounding one’s personal ethic: 1. Can I…

Ethics of Abortion Abortion is a growing and controversial topic in the world today. With its growing popularity and the sheer fact that it removes a potential human from the world, there is rightfully much talk on the moral permissibility of the act. This paper, after addressing some issues with pro-choice arguments, will attempt to prove that abortion is impermissible in at least cases disregarding rape. The first argument from analogy to observe is the person seeds argument. This argument…