Research Ethics

Many on this list were quite helpful in giving me resources and ideas for an article I wrote on research ethics that was just published. The article discusses ethics in research on violence against women and children. The abstract and citation are below. Feel free to contact me off-list if you need a reprint.

Thanks y’all! I’d love to get your feedback.

Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.

Springfield College

LFontes@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Fontes, L.A. (2004). Ethics in violence against women research: The sensitive, the dangerous, and the overlooked. Ethics and Behavior,14, 141-174.

Abstract:

Traditional disciplinary guidelines are inadequate to address some of the ethical dilemmas that emerge when conducting research on violence against women and girls. This article is organized according to the ethical principles of respect for persons, privacy and confidentiality, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence. The article describes dilemmas involved in cross-cultural research, research on children, informed consent, voluntariness, coercion, deception, safety, mandated reporting, and dissemination. The article includes examples from qualitative and quantitative studies in many nations. Suggestions for researchers and institutional review boards are also offered.