01749nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000080007604100080008408200210009210000220011324500630013526000260019830000240022436500710024852012130031965000350153220220323111837.0220303b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780857021410  cAL   aeng  223a001.42bHAME  aMartyn Hammersley  aEthics in qualitative researchbControversies and contexts  aNew DelhibSagec2012  a175p.bPBc24x17cm.  2GeneralaABDI/0547/22b₹3221.25c₹d₹4295.50e25%f7-02-2022  aAll social researchers need to think about ethical issues. Their salience has recently been increased by the pressures of ethical regulation, particularly in the case of qualitative research. But what are ethical issues? And how should they be approached? These are not matters about which there is agreement. Ethics in Qualitative Research explores conflicting philosophical assumptions, the diverse social contexts in which ethical problems arise, and the complexities of handling them in practice.
The authors argue that the starting point for any discussion of research ethics must be the values intrinsic to research, above all the commitment to knowledge-production. However, the pursuit of inquiry is rightly constrained by external values, and the book focuses on three of these: minimising harm, respecting autonomy, and protecting privacy. These external values are shown to be far from unequivocal in character, often in conflict with one another (or with the commitments of research), and always subject to situational interpretation and practical judgment. Nevertheless, it is contended that in the present challenging times it is essential that qualitative researchers uphold research values.

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