course is intended for doctoral students only course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment can be fulfilled in the future
Last update: prof. Silvan James Parry (25.06.2020)
The course is useful for any research student, since it deals with general student issues such as study ethics, research ethics, and the nature of higher education.
General ethical issues arising for all doctoral candidates include the various ethical issues that confront the scientific and social scientific researcher, such as: the protection of the human subject, autonomy and informed consent, sampling, consent and access, research with children, professional duties and professional codes,
research governance and research ethics committees, privacy rights, deception and harm.
Topics also include: the nature of philosophical enquiry in different ethical theories and traditions, including deontology, teleology and virtue theory. Specific ethical issues will be considered as case studies, with choice of issues depending on student need.
Literature
Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (30.05.2019)
Iphofen, R. (2009) Ethical Decision Making in Social Research. A practical guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Israel, M., and Hay, I. (2006) Research Ethics for Social Scientists. London: Sage.
Mertens, D.M. and Ginsberg, P.E. (Eds) (2008) The Handbook of Social Research Ethics. London: Sage.
Oliver P. (2003) The Student’s Guide to Research Ethics Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Van Maanen, J. (1983) The Moral Fix: On the Ethics of Fieldwork, in R. E. Emerson (ed) Contemporary Field Research: A Collection of Readings, Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Requirements to the exam
Last update: Mgr. Martin Komarc, Ph.D. (30.05.2019)
Consultations and written assignment on the basis of recommended literature.
