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Reflections on ethical research in action: working at the practice edge

  • Michael Preston-Shoot
    ,
  • Veronica Wigley
    ,
  • Isabella McMurray
    ,
  • Helen Connolly
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

This paper draws on the experience of one research project in action to evaluate the usefulness of research ethics frameworks when the environment surrounding project negotiation, data collection and dissemination is seriously disturbed by critical incidents. The paper questions the lack of emphasis in research ethics codes on the competence and capacity of agencies when commissioning and sponsoring research. Using events that surrounded one project, the paper researches the research. It explores what impacted on the creation of the context for ethical and effective research and how the researchers responded to the ethical challenges that emerged. Different theoretical understandings and ethical models are drawn upon to explore how a research team translated ethical research in theory into ethical research in practice within an organization in turmoil.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 150-171

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Ethics and Social Welfare (Volume 2, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 24/07/2012

Publication status

Published - 24/07/2012

ISSN

1749-6535

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/235394

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