creators_name: Singer, Janice
creators_name: Vinson, Norman G
type: journalp
datestamp: 2004-07-06
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:27
metadata_visibility: show
title: Why and how research ethics matters to you, yes YOU!
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-stat-model
subjects: phil-ethics
full_text_status: public
keywords: ethics, empirical studies, software engineering, legal issues
note: 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.


abstract: none.
date: 2001
date_type: published
publication: Empirical Software Engineering
volume: 6
number: 4
pagerange: 287-290
refereed: TRUE
referencetext: Black, H. 2000. Personal Communication. Legal Advisor, Industry Canada, Canadian Federal Government.
Baron, R.A. & Byrne, D. 1987. Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction, 5th. Ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Duncan, G. 1996. Is my research ethical? Communications of the ACM, Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 67-68.
Katz, J. 1972. Experimentation with Human Beings. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
McNeil, P. 1993. The Ethics and Politics of Human Experimentation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 1999. National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans. Canberra: AusInfo.
Penslar, R. 1993. Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR), Protecting Human Research Subjects, National Institutes of Health. 
Sedgley, S. 2000. Personal Communication. Director, Policy & Planning, Australian Research Council.
Tri-council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, 1998, http://www.nserc.ca/programs/ethics/english/policy.htm
citation:   Singer, Janice and Vinson, Norman G  (2001) Why and how research ethics matters to you, yes YOU!  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3395/1/singer01_you_NRC-46543.pdf