%A Janice Singer %A Norman G Vinson %O This article discusses ethical issues arising in empirical studies of software engineering when those studies involve humans. For example, a study examining differences in software maintenance procedures from company to company would qualify as an empirical study of software engineering involving human subjects. %J Empirical Software Engineering %T Why and how research ethics matters to you, yes YOU! %X none. %N 4 %K ethics, empirical studies, software engineering, legal issues %P 287-290 %V 6 %D 2001 %L cogprints3395