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Week 8
Ethics

Preparations
Make sure you have completed the training videos and certification identified in Week 5.  Define your deadlines for the IRB review of your work.  You will need to get it to the professor 5 days prior to this for review before submitting. 
 
The first step is determining what kind of approval you need - or not.  APU has followed federal processes available here.  Come to class with decisions made about what kind of approval you are going to need having worked through these checklists.
 
There are also considerations because your research is international. See 2015 Edition of the International Compilation of Human Research Standards at: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/international/index.html

This document is primarily related to medical research, but you will find it applicable in some cases to broader social science research:  e.g. India: http://www.cehat.org/publications/ethical.html 
 
You need to complete training at https://www.citiprogram.org/index.cfm?pageID=22
 
Former requirements below can be waived by accomplishing the above.
 
Review three of the following ready to discuss one in class:
  1. American Anthropological Association Statement on Ethics. Available online at: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/ethics/upload/Statement-on-Ethics-Principles-of-Professional-Responsibility.pdf
  2. View: “Take a Seat”: http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2011/04/26/take-a-seat/ [4:33]
  3. View: “Sensitive Subjects”: http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2011/04/25/sensitive-subjects-cubas-underground-economy/ [4:00]
    1. View: “Research with Kids”: http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2011/01/24/children/ [1:30]
  5. View: Photographing others: http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2011/01/24/images-of-suffering/ [1:41] and http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2011/01/24/japanese-skateboarders/ [6 min.]
  6. View: “How to Ask”: http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2011/01/24/oral-consent/ [5:28] and http://sites.duke.edu/ethicsmodules/2010/07/14/oral-consent-what-would-you-want-to-know/ [1:07]
  7. Read: “Research Without Consent”: #51 at http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU15.html

Online Forum Discussion

 

Online Face to Face Discussion

 

 

 

Select Forums from the Course Links navigation menu and then select topic #4 the ethics of fieldwork. Engage as directed throughout weeks 8 and 9.
 

Bring to the Face to Face online discussion a one page summary or 3 page Power point of a key paradigm from one of the above readings or videos.  

You are now moving from the initial project plan to a full project proposal.  We will review at least one project proposal from one of the class.  If you wish yours reviewed, email it to the professor.