?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Practical+Guide+to+Ethical+Research+Involving+Humans&rft.creator=Vinson%2C+Norman+G.&rft.creator=Singer%2C+Janice+A.&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.description=The+popularity+of+empirical+methods+in+software+engineering+research+is+on+the+rise.+Surveys%2C+experiments%2C+metrics%2C+case+studies%2C+and+field+studies+are+examples+of+empirical+methods+used+to+investigate+both+software+engineering+processes+and+products.+The+increased+application+of+such+methods+has+also+brought+about+an+increase+in+discussions+about+adapting+these+methods+to+the+particularities+of+software+engineering.+In+contrast%2C+the+ethical+issues+raised+by+empirical+methods+have+received+little+attention+in+the+software+engineering+literature.+In+this+chapter%2C+we+introduce+four+ethics+principles+of+primary+importance+for+conducting+ethical+research.+We+additionally+discuss+and+provide+examples+of+applying+these+principles+in+the+context+of+ethics+review.+&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.contributor=Shull%2C+Forrest&rft.contributor=Sj%C3%B8berg%2C+Dag&rft.contributor=Singer%2C+Janice+A.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6740%2F1%2Fvinson_2008.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vinson%2C+Norman+G.+and+Singer%2C+Janice+A.++(2008)+A+Practical+Guide+to+Ethical+Research+Involving+Humans.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6740%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>