TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical Dilemmas in Social Research
T2 - no easy solutions
AU - Gallagher, Bernard
AU - Creighton, Susan
AU - Gibbons, Jane
PY - 1995/6/1
Y1 - 1995/6/1
N2 - Ethical dilemmas have been encountered in many areas of social research and have at times been the subject of much controversy. Despite this, the problem of how to tackle ethical dilemmas has received little attention in the literature. As a result, researchers faced with these dilemmas have little knowledge to draw upon, and groups associated with research, such as participating agencies and ethics committees, may not fully appreciate all the issues involved in dealing with ethical dilemmas. These issues are not only philosophical in nature but relate also to the methodological and practical implications of following one, rather than another, ethical principle. The researchers encountered a number of ethical dilemmas in their research in child protection. By discussing different approaches to solving ethical dilemmas, they intend to show that this is a complex problem and one which, along with ethics in general, requires greater attention in the literature.
AB - Ethical dilemmas have been encountered in many areas of social research and have at times been the subject of much controversy. Despite this, the problem of how to tackle ethical dilemmas has received little attention in the literature. As a result, researchers faced with these dilemmas have little knowledge to draw upon, and groups associated with research, such as participating agencies and ethics committees, may not fully appreciate all the issues involved in dealing with ethical dilemmas. These issues are not only philosophical in nature but relate also to the methodological and practical implications of following one, rather than another, ethical principle. The researchers encountered a number of ethical dilemmas in their research in child protection. By discussing different approaches to solving ethical dilemmas, they intend to show that this is a complex problem and one which, along with ethics in general, requires greater attention in the literature.
KW - Social research
KW - Ethical dilemmas
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029311519&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a056181
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a056181
M3 - Article
C2 - 11656661
AN - SCOPUS:0029311519
VL - 25
SP - 295
EP - 311
JO - British Journal of Social Work
JF - British Journal of Social Work
SN - 0045-3102
IS - 3
ER -