Ethical Dilemmas in Social Research: no easy solutions

Gallagher, Bernard, Creighton, Susan and Gibbons, Jane (1995) Ethical Dilemmas in Social Research: no easy solutions. British journal of social work, 25 (3). pp. 295-311. ISSN 0045-3102

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood Studies School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research
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Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2009 16:23
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2015 14:58
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/5794

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