Week 03 - Ethics in Social Work Research
A presentation at Heritage University in September 2019 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with BASW Program, Heritage University, SOWK 459w
![Knowing where you get your ethics from has to be our starting place for talking about ethics. I wanted to get class started today with a little bit of conversation with your classmates. [Small Group Activity] With a partner, discuss: How do you make ethical decisions? What is the basis for your ethics?](/KW2l0a/deck-3513-large-1.jpeg)
![[Whole Class Activity] Watch Green (2016) video of the 5 psychological experiments you couldn’t do today. Discussion questions next screen. Green, H. [SciShow] (2016, Sept 11) 5 psychological experiments you couldn’t do today. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/zZ3l1jgmYrY](/KW2l0a/deck-3513-large-4.jpeg)
![General feedback about the video, if content they’ve known previously… etc. [Small Group Activity] In groups of three or four, discuss the following topics: Are there other unethical experiments you have heard about, and what did they involve? What are some of your reactions to these studies (potential go through all five of them)? While the studies discussed were unethical, what is the impact on social sciences now that they’ve been done?](/KW2l0a/deck-3513-large-5.jpeg)
![For both Social Workers in general, and as researchers we have a responsibility to our subjects. One term that is specifically is discussed is that of vulnerable populations (groups of people who receive additional protection during IRB review). [Whole Class Activity - Discussion] What populations are considered vulnerable populations? Why to we consider them vulnerable populations? Children Persons in prison Persons with developmental / cognitive disabilities… etc.](/KW2l0a/deck-3513-large-7.jpeg)
![Nazi concentration and extermination camp (1940–1945) Story has about my visit to Auschwitz (and projects in Chicago) [Whole Class Activity - Discussion] What are some of what you know about medical experiments done by Nazis DeCarlo (2018) discusses the differences between scholars and decision to have the Nazi work published and cited by scholars. He poses the following questions: Should data gathered by the Nazis be used or cited today? What arguments can you make in support of your position, and how would you respond to those who disagree?](/KW2l0a/deck-3513-large-28.jpeg)
![From the NASW (2017) code of ethics… section 5.02 [Whole Class Activity] Discuss point by point each topic and what that might mean and the considerations. Monitor and evaluate policies, programs, and practice interventions Contribute to the development of knowledge through research Keep current with the best available research evidence to inform practice Ensure voluntary and fully informed consent of all participants Not engage in any deception in the research process](/KW2l0a/deck-3513-large-29.jpeg)
Description
A look into the role ethics play in social science research. The agenda is as follows:
- Preparing for peer review process
- Unethical examples
- Tasks and concepts related to ethical social science research methods
- Examples of processes and forms related to ethics