Ethics: lesson plan
At the end of this class you will be able to:
- argue why ethical considerations are necessary when conducting research
- recall examples of "ethical failures" in scientific research
- recall the key principles outlined in the Belmont report
Readings:
The Belmont report - establishes guidelines related to ethical human subjects research:
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.html Links to an external site.
Resources on research integrity from Web GURU
http://www.webguru.neu.edu/professionalism/research-integrity Links to an external site.
Discussion of Facebook and Ok Cupid experiments on users
http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ethics-experimentation-ab-testing Links to an external site.