Walking the Tightrope

by Van Den Hoonaard, Will. C.

• ISBN13: 9780802036834
• ISBN10: 080203683X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Are formal ethics research guidelines congruent with the aims and methodology of inductive and qualitative social research? Using the experiences of 16 Canadian, American, and British researchers, this collection explores answers to the question.

Author Biography

Will C. van den Hoonaard is a Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Contributors	xi
Introduction: Ethical Norming and Qualitative Research	3	(14)
Will C. van den Hoonaard
Good Intentions and Awkward Outcomes: Ethical Gatekeeping in Field Research	17	(9)
Patrick O'Neill
Yet Another Coming Crisis? Coping with Guidelines from the Tri-Council	26	(8)
Florence Kellner
Do University Lawyers and the Police Define Research Values?	34	(9)
Patricia A. Adler
Peter Adler
Challenging the System: Rethinking Ethics Review of Social Research in Britain's National Health Service	43	(16)
Melanie Pearce
Reflections on Professional Ethics	59	(11)
John M. Johnson
David L. Altheide
Confidentiality and Anonymity: Promises and Practices	70	(9)
Linda Snyder
Biting the Hand That Feeds You, and Other Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork	79	(16)
Merlinda Weinberg
My Research Friend? My Friend the Researcher? My Friend, My Researcher? Mis/Informed Consent and People with Developmental Disabilities	95	(12)
S. Anthony Thompson
Hazel the Dental Assistant and the Research Dilemma of (Re) presenting a Life Story: The Clash of Narratives	107	(17)
Erin Mills
Breaking In: Compromises in Participatory Field Research within Closed Institutions	124	(13)
Mary Stratton
The Harmomy of Resistance: Qualitative Research and Ethical Practice in Social Work	137	(15)
Michael Ungarand Gillian Nichol
Pace of Technological Change: Battling Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research	152	(8)
Barbara Theresa Waruszynski
The Tri-Council on Cyberspace: Insights, Oversights, and Extrapolations	160	(15)
Heather A. Kitchin
Some Concluding Thoughts	175	(14)
Will C. van den Hoonaard
References	189	(18)
Index	207