The Ethics of Social Research: Fieldwork, Regulation, and Publication

I. Ethnographic Fieldwork and Beneficial Reciprocity.- 1. Harms, Benefits, Wrongs, and Rights in Fieldwork.- Comparing Experimental Research with Fieldwork.- Relations between Investigators and Investigated.- Relations between Fieldworkers and Informants.- Applying Kantian Ethics to Fieldwork.- Analyzing Wrongs.- Conclusions.- 2. Research Reciprocity Rather than Informed Consent in Fieldwork.- The Context of the Moral Challenge.- Openness, Deception, and Consent in Fieldwork.- The "Consent Process" in the Community Study.- The Relativity of "Informed".- Reseach Reciprocities.- 3. The Threat of the Stranger: Vulnerability, Reciprocity, and Fieldwork.- The Pain of Words and the Right of Refusal.- The Fear of Retaliation and the Problem of Fidelity.- The Plight of Survivors and the Promise of Advocacy.- The Face of Death and the Call of Compassion.- A Word of Summary and Acknowledgment.- 4. Risks in the Publication of Fieldwork.- Lessons in the Ethics of Publishing Fieldwork Exemplified by the Studies of Springdale and Plainville.- Scientific Responsibility.- Consent to Risk Violation of Confidentiality.- Publication of Secrets.- Guidelines for "Ethical Proofreading" of Fieldwork Manuscripts.- Directions for Future Research on the Ethics of Publishing Fieldwork.- II. The Roles of Social Scientists in Research Regulation and in Giving Social Science to Society via the Mass Media.- 5. A Proposed System of Regulation for the Protection of Participants in Low-Risk Areas of Applied Social Research.- Proposed Regulations.- Critique of Campbell and Cecil's Proposal: Subjects Need More Protection.- Critique of Campbell and Cecil's Proposal: Don't Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater.- 6. Regulation and Education: The Role of the Institutional Review Board in Social Science Research.- The IRB and the Review Process: Examining the Research Proposal.- Communication between the Board and the Investigator.- Conclusion.- 7. Social Science in the Mass Media: Images and Evidence.- Research on the Process.- Research Needs.- Some Implications and Practical Suggestions.- Author Index.