April 2023
Beginner
608 pages
21h 24m
English
DOI: 10.4324/9781003377986-26
Ethical approval and ethical conduct of research are interrelated concepts. In this chapter, we describe reasons why paying attention to both are necessary. We begin by considering the current functions of ethical review boards and provide questions to help researchers think through the approval process. We next shift to a discussion of the some of the challenges of ethical approval for social science researchers. Finally, we advocate for moving beyond the minimal requirements of typical ethical approval processes towards the excellent treatment of people. We suggest in this chapter that, while ethical approval processes are typically fixed, researchers ...
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