TY  - GEN
N1  - this article is intended for software engineering researchers
ID  - cogprints3299
UR  - http://cogprints.org/3299/
A1  - Singer, Janice A.
A1  - Vinson, Norman G.
Y1  - 2002/12//
N2  - The popularity of empirical methods in software engineering research is on the rise. Surveys,
experiments, metrics, case studies, and field studies are examples of empirical methods used to
investigate both software engineering processes and products. The increased application of
empirical methods has also brought about an increase in discussions about adapting these
methods to the peculiarities of software engineering. In contrast, the ethical issues raised by
empirical methods have received little, if any, attention in the software engineering literature. This
article is intended to introduce the ethical issues raised by empirical research to the software
engineering research community, and to stimulate discussion of how best to deal with these ethical
issues. Through a review of the ethical codes of several fields that commonly employ humans and
artifacts as research subjects, we have identified major ethical issues relevant to empirical studies
of software engineering. These issues are illustrated with real empirical studies of software
engineering.
KW  - software engineering
KW  -  ethics
KW  -  empirical studies
KW  -  human subjects research
KW  -  legal issues
TI  - Ethical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering
SP  - 1171
AV  - public
EP  - 1180
ER  -

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