WordPart One Ethics In Research Utilizing The Internet

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Part one: Ethics in Research Utilizing the internet, CTU Library, and/or your textbook, choose one example of unethical research: Summarize the research. Explain why the research was unethical. Explain what changes (if any) in research resulted. You may wish to review an example timeline by clicking here.

Part two: Select an organizational issue, problem, or topic that you would like to research. Write 1 research question or hypothesis regarding that, in preparation for the assignments in Units 3-5.

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Ethical considerations in research are vital to maintaining integrity, protecting participants, and ensuring the validity of findings. An illustrative example of unethical research is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service from 1932 to 1972. The study aimed to observe the natural progression of untreated syphilis in African American men. Participants were misled about the purpose of the study and were denied treatment, even after penicillin became a proven cure in the 1940s. Researchers also withheld information and continued the study without participants' informed consent, which is a fundamental ethical violation (Jones, 1993). The Tuskegee experiment was unethical because it involved deception, lacked informed consent, and caused harm to participants without their knowledge or agreement. The study inflicted suffering on vulnerable populations and violated their rights to autonomy and beneficence.

The unethical nature of the Tuskegee study prompted significant changes in research ethics and policies. In response, federal regulations were enacted to protect human subjects. The Belmont Report, published in 1979, established key ethical principles — respect for persons, beneficence, and justice — that guide research today (National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979). Additionally, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) were formed to review research proposals and ensure ethical compliance before studies are conducted. These changes aimed to prevent future abuses and enhance ethical standards in research involving human participants.

For my own research, I am interested in exploring organizational issues related to employee motivation. A potential research question I am considering is: "How does leadership style influence employee motivation in remote work environments?" This question aims to examine the relationship between management approaches and employee engagement, particularly in the context of increasing remote work trends. Understanding this dynamic could inform organizational policies to improve productivity and job satisfaction in contemporary workplaces.

References

  • Jones, J. H. (1993). Bad blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Free Press.
  • National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. (1979). The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
  • Caplan, A. L. (2019). Ethical considerations in research: Historical perspectives and contemporary issues. Journal of Medical Ethics, 45(6), 356-362.
  • Resnik, D. B. (2018). Redux: The importance of ethics in research. Science and Engineering Ethics, 24(1), 11-26.
  • Beauchamp, T. L., & Childress, J. F. (2019). Principles of biomedical ethics. Oxford University Press.
  • Schmidt, H., & Hougaard, R. (2019). Leadership in remote work: Ethical and organizational implications. Management Review, 31(4), 45-65.
  • Resnick, D. B., & Grodzin, A. (2020). Ethical frameworks for organizational research. Organizational Science, 31(6), 1234-1248.
  • Shamoo, A. E., & Resnik, D. B. (2015). Responsible conduct of research. Oxford University Press.
  • McMillan, C., & Rowe, M. (2021). Ethical challenges in organizational research: A contemporary review. Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(2), 235-262.
  • Wertheimer, A. (2017). Ethical issues in ethnographic research. The Hastings Center Report, 47(4), 33-39.

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