Learning about research ethics - My notes

The Whakapapa of Ethics
Nuremberg Code - in the context of human rights against humanity by Nazi's of World War II
Experimentation on cocentration camp prisoners with out consent, most suffere
Two of ten principles
•The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.
•The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury.

Behavioural experimentation like the study of feral child Genie in the 1970s 

Strong emphasis on medical and physical sciences in terms of ethical decision making

Increase in ethical review boards

Ethics is becoming a marker of research quality

THINK ABOUT ETHICS AS 'HOW CAN I DO THE BEST POSSIBLE FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS' RATHER THAN COMPLIANCE.

Other points to consider:

• Consider the Education Council values when thinking about how to best serve research participants (in fact I am making a commitment to using these in the design of my research).
• Do Ethics because it is a good thing to do because you want to do right by your participants (links to Sonja Macfarlanes korero about mana-enhancing).
• Researching in a pandemic - challenges of online interviewing, extra pressures on participants, how do you create that relationship with participants through zoom?
• Informed and voluntary consent - people have a right to know and a right to decide.

Things I will action:

• Review the purpose of my research to ensure it is fully mana-enhancing.
• Research adequacy - make sure you make good use of peoples times.
• What are the experiences of leaders with listening? What are their perspectives? Focus on their own stories about their experiences (rather than commenting on how others have listened to them).
• AIM to have EA1 by or 9th November or 24th November 2020
• Review the Ethics Principles  https://www.aut.ac.nz/research/researchethics/guidelines-and-procedures#2

Brown, C., Spiro, J., & Quinton, S. (2020). The role of research ethics committees: Friend or foe in educational research? An exploratory study. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), 747-769. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3654

Smith, L. T. (2006) Researching in the margins: Issues for Māori researchers: A discussion paper, ALTERNATIVE 2(1), 4-27.