%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