C – Charakteristika studijního předmětu nebo tématického bloku

Name of the course

/ Research Ethics for Sports Science Researchers
Course evaluation / Credit essay
Other requirement from the students
Lecturer
Dr Jim Parry
Brief annotation of the course
This is a compulsory course for anyone reading for a doctorate in the discipline of the discipline of philosophy, especially in philosophical ethics or politics. Topics 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.
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.
The course would also be useful for any research student at all, since it deals with general student issues such as study ethics, research ethics, and the nature of higher education.
Basic study literature
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.
Recommended literature
Sampling, Consent and Access
Calvey, D. (2008) The Art and Politics of Covert Research: Doing Situated Ethics in the Field. Sociology, 42 ,5, 905-918
Crow, G., Wiles, R., Heath, S., and Charles, V. (2006) Research Ethics and Data Quality: The Implications of Informed Consent, International Journal of Social Research Methodology,9:2,83 — 95.
Online Research
Mann, C. and Stewart, F. (2000) An Ethical Framework (ch. 3), in Mann and Stewart, Internet Communication and Qualitative Research: A Handbook for Researching Online, 39-64.
McKee, H.A., and Porter, J.E. (2009) Playing a Good Game: Ethical Issues in Researching MMOGs and Virtual Worlds. International Journal of Internet Research Ethics, 2, 1.
Porter, J.E., and McKee, H.A. (2009) The Ethics of Internet Research: A Rhetorical, Case-Based Process. Ox: P Lang.
The International Journal of Internet Research Ethics, which began in 2008, is also worth browsing, for in-depth discussions inthis rapidly developing field.
Incentives and Payment of Research Participants
Head, E. (2009) The Ethics and Implications of Paying Participants in Qualitative Research, International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 12, 4, 1464-5300.
Wendler, D., Rachoff, J., Emanuel, E, Grady, G (2002) Commentary: the ethics of paying for children’s participation in research. Journal of Pediatrics, 141, 2: 166-171
Research with Children
Alderson, P., and Morrow, V. (2004) Ethics, social research and consulting with children and young people. Barkingside: Barnardo’s.
Alderson, P. (2007) Competent children? Minors’ consent to health care treatment and research.Social Science and Medicine, 65, 2272–2283.
Farrell, A. (Ed.) (2005) Ethical issues in Research with Children. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Morrow, V. (2008) Ethical dilemmas in research with children and young people about their social environments, Children’s Geographies,6:1,49-61.
Punch, S. (2002) Research with children: the same or different from research with adults? Childhood, 9, 3, 321-341.
Reeves A, Bryson C, Ormston R, White C. (2007) Children’s perspectives on participating in survey research. London: NatCen.
Research Governance
Boden, R, Epstein, D. and Latimer, J. (2009) Accounting for ethos or programmes for conduct? The brave new world of research ethics committees. Sociological Review, 57,4, 727-749.
Department of Health (2004) The Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care. Implementation plan for social care. London: Department of Health.
Hammersley, M. (2009) Against the ethicists: on the evils of ethical regulation. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12: 3, 211-225.
National Research Ethics Service (2008) Defining Research. London: National Research Ethics Service.
Research Councils UK (2009) RCUK Policy and Code of Conduct on the Governance of Good Research Conduct. Integrity, Clarity and Good Management. Swindon: RCUK.