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date: 2001
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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.\n\n"
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  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
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suggestions: '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. As such, it does not fit in existing fields very well. Software engineering research as a whole does not fit in any of the existing fields.'
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title: 'Why and how research ethics matters to you, yes YOU!'
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