Seduction of Ethics : : Transforming the Social Sciences / / Will C. van den Hoonaard.

• VerfasserIn: van den Hoonaard, Will C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)

Formal research-ethics committees in Canada now function as an industry, costing over thirty-five million dollars annually. The Seduction of Ethics argues that while ethics codes are alluring to the public, they fuel moral panic and increase demands for institutional accountability. Will C. van den Hoonaard explores the research-ethics review process itself by analysing the moral cosmology and practices of ethics committees regarding research and researchers. The Seduction of Ethics also investigates how researchers have tailored their approaches in response to technical demands - leading social science disciplines to resemble each other more closely and lose the richness of their research. Van den Hoonaard reveals an idiosyncratic and inconsistent world in which researchers employ particular strategies of avoidance or partial or full compliance as they seek approval from ethics committees.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Archeology of Research-Ethics Review -- 3. The Criticisms of Research-Ethics Review -- 4. What Is the Normative Ethics Framework for Social Researchers? -- 5. Structure and Composition of Research-Ethics Committees -- 6. The Moral Cosmology of the Ethics-Review World -- 7. Procedural Routines: The Application Form and the Consent Form -- 8. The Meeting: Making Agendas and Decisions -- 9. An Idiosyncratic and Inconsistent World: Communications between REBs and Researchers -- 10. The Underlife of Research-Ethics Review: Preparing an Application -- 11. Secondary Adjustments by Researchers -- 12. The Beleaguered Methods -- 13. On Theory, Topics, and Favoured Methods -- 14. Macro-Structural Linkages -- 15 Will the Social Sciences Wither Away or Is There an Alternative? -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Applications Considered Annually by Selected Research Ethics Boards in Canada -- Appendix C: Samples of Communications from Ethics Committees to Researchers -- Appendix D: Interview Guides -- Notes -- References -- Index