Ethics in Ethnography: A Mixed Methods Approach (Volume 6) (Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition, 6)

This is Book 6 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition. Ethics in Ethnography explores the burgeoning field of research ethics and addresses how both formal and informal ethical considerations underpin good ethnographic research. Coming from the position that no particular research design is more or less prone to generate ethical issues, LeCompte and Schensul open this volume with a short history of formal oversight for human research and address the formal ethical responsibilities incumbent upon researchers. Next, they consider how informal or “everyday” ethics affect researchers’ daily interactions in the field. In recognition of the shift toward team-based field research, the authors pay special attention to ethics related to collaborative research. The book concludes with an examination of new challenges and issues ranging from new field realities to the ethics of interpreting research results. As with all books in the series, this title features case studies, checklists, key points to remember, and additional resources to consult; the result is a uniquely detailed and eminently useful introduction to the ethical conduct of ethnography. Other books in the set: Book 1: Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research: An Introduction, Second Edition by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759118690 Book 2: Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach by Stephen L. Schensul, Jean J. Schensul, and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122017 Book 3: Essential Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122031 Book 4: Specialized Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach edited by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122055 Book 5: Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759122079 Book 7: Ethnography in Action: A Mixed Methods Approach by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122116 Content: Chapter 1: Ethics and ethnography -- What are ethics? -- What are research ethics? -- Ethics in social science research -- What is a human subject? -- Ethics and epistemology: Do ethnographers face greater ethical challenges than other types of researcher? -- Confronting the stereotype of scientific neutrality -- Formal research ethics and everyday research ethics -- Chapter 2: The evolution of formal concerns about and ethical principles governing human research -- The origins of formal oversight -- Medical research and risk to human subjects -- Social science research and risks to human subjects -- Disciplinary codes of ethics and the problems of enforcement -- The Belmont Report 1978 -- The Belmont principles -- Chapter 3: Formal and semiformal responsibilites -- Semiformal responsibilities -- Formal contractual responsibilities -- When is IRB or IEC approval necessary? -- Issues of particular concern to IRBs and IECs -- Levels of reviews -- Components of an IRB proposal -- The power of institutional review boards and institutional ethics committees -- Coping with multiple IRBs -- Chapter 4: Informal ethics: The implications of researcher roles and characteristics -- The embedded contexts and multiple roles of ethnographic work -- Being a learner -- Creating a field identity -- Coping with relationships in the field: Personal characteristics, asymmetrical relationships, and positionality -- Personal friendships in the field -- Chapter 5: Informal ethics: Long-term relationships and reasonable responsibilities -- Introduction: Feasible and possible responsibilities -- Coping with associations in the field: Affiliations and sponsorships -- Maintaining good relationships -- Coresearchers and research partners -- Negotiating an exit and leaving the field -- Reciprocity and feedback -- Dissemination and disposition of data -- Assuring program continuation -- Chapter 6: Ethical issues in ethnographic teamwork and community-based research -- Ethical considerations in intrateam interactions -- Ethical considerations in team interaction with study communities/ sites and participants -- Protecting the study community -- Chapter 7: Going beyond Belmont: New issues and challenges -- Challenges to IRB "Surveillance" and control -- Contesting Western epistemological and ontological hegemony -- Redefining key terms in the twenty-first century -- Obtaining consent -- Exposure to risks and new forms of vulnerability -- Technology and retrievability of information -- Ethics and the consequences of interpretation -- Chapter 8: The role of reflection in ethnographic research -- Introduction: What is reflection? -- Identifying subjectivities -- Positionality and power -- The risks of the "other" -- Taking stock. "Recognizing that ethical issues are no more endemic to one research design than to another, LeCompte and Schensul open Book 6 with a short history of formal oversight for human research and address the formal ethical responsibilities incumbent upon researchers. Next, they consider how informal or "everyday" ethics affect researchers' daily interactions in the field. In recognition of the shift toward team-based field research, the authors pay special attention to ethics related to collaborative research. The book concludes with an examination of new challenges and issues ranging from new field realities to the ethics of interpreting research results. As with all books in the series, this title features case studies, checklists, key points to remember, and additional resources to consult; the result is a uniquely detailed and eminently useful introduction to the ethical conduct of ethnography."--Page 4 de la couverture Recognizing that ethical issues are no more endemic to one research design than to another, LeCompte and Schensul open Book 6 with a short history of formal oversight for human research and address the formal ethical responsibilities incumbent upon researchers. Next, they consider how informal or "everyday" ethics affect researchers' daily interactions in the field. In recognition of the shift toward team-based field research, the authors pay special attention to ethics related to collaborative research. The book concludes with an examination of new challenges and issues ranging from new field realities to the ethics of interpreting research results. As with all books in the series, this title features case studies, checklists, key points to remember, and additional resources to consult; the result is a uniquely detailed and eminently useful introduction to the ethical conduct of ethnography. -- from back cover CONTENTS 6 LIST OF EXAMPLES 10 INTRODUCTION 16 CHAPTER 1. ETHICS AND ETHNOGRAPHY 20 CHAPTER 2. THE EVOLUTION OF FORMAL CONCERNS ABOUT AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING HUMAN RESEARCH 54 CHAPTER 3. FORMAL AND SEMIFORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES 92 CHAPTER 4. INFORMAL ETHICS: THE IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCHER ROLES AND CHARACTERISTICS 132 CHAPTER 5. INFORMAL ETHICS: LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND REASONABLE RESPONSIBILITIES 178 CHAPTER 6. ETHICAL ISSUES IN ETHNOGRAPHIC TEAMWORK AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH 198 CHAPTER 7. GOING BEYOND BELMONT: NEW ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 222 CHAPTER 8. THE ROLE OF REFLECTION IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 270 APPENDIX A: IRB PROPOSALS 286 APPENDIX B: CONSENT FORMS AND ASSENT FORMS 336 REFERENCES 362 INDEX 376 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 394 Schensul & Lecompte, Essential Ethnographic Methods: Observations, Interviews And Questionnaires (altamira, 1999, $34.95) Paper: 7728 Ltd Sales, $156,131 Net Sales (last Year Sales: 538, Ytd Sales: 125) Schensul & Lecompte, Designing & Conducting Ethnographic Research, 2e (altamira, 2010, $34.95) Paper: 1095 Ltd Sales, $28,018 Net Sales Ethics in Ethnography (Book 6 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit series) explores the burgeoning field of research ethics and addresses how ethical considerations-formally-imposed as well as informal, "everyday" concerns-underpin good ethnographic research.