CRITICAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH

Critical Behavior Research



Critical Behavior Research

What ethical issue is at the heart of the article?

The primary issue presented in this article relates to the tensions arising out of research goals and rights of research participants. In qualitative research, ethical violations with regards to research participants have been frequently reported. For instance, the authors refer to the harm caused by qualitative researchers studying African American people. Over 400 of this research participant group suffered from syphilis (Caplan 1992). To examine and study this severe illness over prolonged period of time, the researchers left the participants untreated, causing serious ...