Research Methods for Public Administrators by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Research
ISBN: 9781000293661
Google: sGQPEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-12-29T05:16:48+00:00

Principles of Ethical Treatment of Human Subjects

In response to these and other reported abuses, the Belmont Report, written by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research, identified three basic ethical principles:

respect for persons

beneficence

justice16

Respect for persons requires that “subjects enter into research voluntarily and with adequate information.”17 Beneficence requires maximizing possible benefits and minimizing possible harm.18 Any risk of possible harm can only be justified if it is outweighed by the expected benefit. Justice requires that research subjects not be selected “simply because of their easy availability, their compromised position, or their manipulability, rather than for reasons directly related to the problem at hand.”19

To implement these principles requires that subjects give informed consent, that benefits and risks be identified and weighed, and that selection of subjects be fair.20 Informed consent demonstrates respect for persons, assessing risks and benefits demonstrates beneficence, and fairly selecting subjects demonstrates justice.21

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