Research Ethics
The responsibility evaluator, basic researcher, protects people harm. Since harm people a variety ways, concerned evaluators guard harm people a program." Please describe ways evaluators ensure harm participants evaluation.
"The first responsibility of an evaluator, as it is with the basic researcher, is to protect people from harm. Since harm can be done to people in a variety of ways, concerned evaluators guard against harm to all people associated with a program." Please describe at least two ways in which evaluators can ensure that no harm comes to the participants of an evaluation. Which one do you think is the most important, and why?
One of the first questions a researcher must ask him or herself is: what will be the ultimate value of the research being conducted? Of course, some research outcomes are quite uncertain, but if little risk is posed to the test population, such exploratory research is warranted. Concerns arise when there is a significant risk posed to the human subjects. Often, human research is a cost-benefit...
The potential rewards. Testing a drug for a deadly disease contains inevitable risks, particularly in later stages of drug trials in which the drug is tested upon subjects who are chronically ill. However, the potential rewards may be very great in terms of the ability to treat people with deadly illnesses such as AIDS. In contrast, a psychological experiment with questionable benefits that has the potential to harm the subjects might not pass this value test, nor would a drug for a lifestyle-related condition like acne or a drug in which there were many similar offerings on the market. One of the criticisms of drugs such as Vioxx used to treat arthritis pain was not only did they raise the risks of heart conditions for patients, but that they were no more effective than less risky over-the-counter medications.
The nature of the population being tested should also be considered. Ideally, the tested population should benefit from the research being conducted and their bodies should not be used…
