Ethics

Tuskegee study

1930s, Alabama: US public health service studies the effects f u!treated syphilis Sub"ects #ere:

$ t t ld ab ut the purp se f the study, a!d ! t t ld that they had syphilis %ive! a lumbar pu!cture &#hich #as misleadi!gly described as a 'special free treatme!t() *e!ied pe!icilli!, eve! #he! it became the sta!dard treatme!t i! 19+,

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19-0s: .umphreys studies se/ual behavi r i! public restr ms '.e stati !ed himself i! 0tear ms1 a!d ffered t serve as 0#atch2uee!1 3 the i!dividual #h keeps #atch a!d c ughs #he! a p lice car st ps !earby r a stra!ger appr aches( .e rec rded the lice!ce plates f s me participa!ts, a!d c !tacted them later as if they #ere ra!d mly selected f r a! u!related public health study4

Asch: 5 !f rmity studies &1960s)

Sub"ects ch se #hich li!e &A,7 r 5) matched the le!gth f the refere!ce li!e

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9u!!i!g ethical e/perime!ts

9especti!g sub"ects :!f rmed c !se!t :!stituti !al 9evie# 7 ards ;ai!tai!i!g the i!tegrity f data Av idi!g plagiarism

7ei!g a! ethical scie!tist

9especti!g sub"ects

Sub"ects are d i!g y u a fav ur:

;ake the e/perime!t as pleasa!t as p ssible * !1t #aste their time by ru!!i!g p tasks rly desig!ed

E/perime!ts set up a s cial situati ! #here the e/perime!ter h lds the p #er4 <e !eed t make sure ! t t abuse this p #er4

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=40> :!f rmed 5 !se!t t 9esearch

Sub"ects must be i!f rmed ab ut: '&1) the purp se f the research, e/pected durati !, a!d pr cedures &>) their right t decli!e t participate a!d t #ithdra# fr m the research !ce participati ! has begu!? &3) the f reseeable c !se2ue!ces f decli!i!g r #ithdra#i!g? &+) reas !ably f reseeable fact rs that may be e/pected t i!flue!ce their #illi!g!ess t participate such as p te!tial risks, disc mf rt, r adverse effects?

=40> :!f rmed 5 !se!t t 9esearch

Sub"ects must be i!f rmed ab ut &6) a!y pr spective research be!efits? &-) limits f c !fide!tiality? &,) i!ce!tives f r participati !? &=) #h m t c !tact f r 2uesti !s ab ut the research a!d research participa!ts1 rights4(

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ABA c de ! *ecepti ! i! 9esearch

$ !deceptive alter!atives sh uld be used #he!ever p ssible *ecepti ! ca!! t cause pai! r em ti !al distress The decepti ! must be e/plai!ed as s ! as p ssible

Av idi!g 5 erci !

'=40- 8fferi!g :!duceme!ts f r 9esearch Barticipati ! &a) Bsych l gists make reas !able eff rts t av id fferi!g e/cessive r i!appr priate fi!a!cial r ther i!duceme!ts f r research participati ! #he! such i!duceme!ts are likely t c erce participati !4(

:s it 8@ t get stude!ts t participate f r c urse creditA

Special B pulati !s
Cederal regulati !s describe additi !al safeguards f r studies i!v lvi!g Bris !ers 5hildre!

:!stituti !al 9evie# 7 ards

9esearch pr "ects must be appr ved by a! :97 ;:T1s is called 58U.ES

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The membership i!cludes:

physicians scientists nurses at least one member unaffiliated with MIT and who is not part of the immediate family of a person who is affiliated with the institution at least one member whose primary concerns are in nonscientific areas, such as lawyers, ethicists, and clergy

5lass pr "ects

Br "ects !eed :97 appr val #he!

9esults #ill be rep rted utside f class *ata #ill be archived f r p ssible later use

<he! pr "ects are!1t revie#ed by the :97, the i!struct r sh uld make sure that ethical pri!ciples are f ll #ed

A puEEle: aski!g se!sitive 2uesti !s

: #a!t t i!tervie# ;:T u!dergraduates, a!d fi!d ut #hat pr p rti ! f them have used illegal drugs4 : d !1t #a!t t k! # which stude!ts have used drugs4 <hat ca! : d A

A puEEle: aski!g se!sitive 2uesti !s

<ar!er, '9a!d miEed resp !se: a survey tech!i2ue f r elimi!ati!g evasive a!s#er bias( Ask i!tervie#ees t r ll a die a!d flip a c i!4

:f the die sh #s a! eve! !umber: a!s#er the 2uesti ! '.ave y u ever used drugs( 8ther#ise a!s#er the 2uesti ! '*id the c i! c me up heads(

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9u!!i!g ethical e/perime!ts

9especti!g sub"ects :!f rmed c !se!t :!stituti !al 9evie# 7 ards ;ai!tai!i!g the i!tegrity f data Av idi!g plagiarism

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Fuk Ga! Bari"s

8ct ber >=, >006, $e# Scie!tist 'A high3flyi!g researcher has bee! fired fr m the prestigi us ;assachusetts :!stitute f Tech! l gy i! 7 st ! f r fabricati!g data4(

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Av idi!g Blagiarism

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5 !clusi !s

Cigure ut y ur #! ethical p siti ! A$* f ll # the fficial guideli!es K b th are imp rta!t4 7e careful that y ur data are accurate a!d that y u d !1t use ther pe ple1s # rds #ith ut ack! #ledgme!t