Deck 7: Ethics of Research

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT incorporated into the basic principles of the code of ethics for sociology?

A)a required number of data sources
B)respect for subjects' privacy
C)acknowledgment of research collaboration
D)disclosure of sources of financial support

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is included in the code of ethics for sociology?

A)maintaining confidentiality
B)objectivity and integrity in research
C)protection of research subjects from personal harm
D)All of these answers are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Why was Rik Scarce,a doctoral student at Washington State University,placed in jail in 1993?

A)for preserving the confidentiality of his research
B)for raiding a university laboratory
C)for "snitching" on university administrators
D)for forging transcripts

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Citing confidentiality reasons,the ASA's Code of Ethics does not require researchers to disclose the funding sources of their studies.

Question 5

Which sociologist argued that sociological research should be open to bringing about social change and to drawing on relevant research by nonsociologists?

A)Jane Poulson
B)Joyce Ladner
C)Shulamit Reinharz
D)Karen Barkey

Question 6

Discuss the issue of ethics and social research.Give examples of how research could be harmful to human life.

Question 7

The code of ethics for the discipline of sociology was developed by

A)Max Weber.
B)the U.S.Department of Education.
C)the American Association of University Professors.
D)the American Sociological Association.

Question 8

The Death of White Sociology,which called attention to the tendency of mainstream sociology to treat the lives of African Americans as a social problem,was written by

A)Erving Goffman.
B)Alvin Gouldner.
C)Joyce Ladner.
D)Shulamit Reinharz.

Question 9

Explain what is meant by value neutrality.

Question 10

After the conclusion of his or her research on the homeless in Chicago,which sociologist stated that "in the short term,good social research will often be greeted as a betrayal of one or another side"?

A)Erving Goffman
B)Alvin Gouldner
C)Joyce Ladner
D)Peter Rossi

Question 11

Which of the following is true regarding actions by the Exxon Corporation after the 1989 Valdez disaster?

A)Exxon solicited sociologists to do research on jury deliberations.
B)Exxon offered research money for sociologists doing research on jury deliberations.
C)Some of the research funded by Exxon was published in peer-reviewed journals.
D)All of these answers are correct.

Question 12

After working with a team of researchers in an attempt to measure the extent of homelessness in Chicago in the mid-1980s,sociologist Peter Rossi was praised by members of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless for his commitment to rigorous research methods and objective interpretation of data.

Question 13

When was sociology's code of ethics first published?

A)1871
B)1917
C)1947
D)1971

Question 14

Which of the following was a common criticism of Exxon's actions after the 1989 Valdez disaster?

A)Exxon didn't pay sociologists well enough for the research they did on jury deliberations.
B)Exxon agreed to fund only those sociologists who were known to be in favor of Exxon's policies and actions.
C)No legal scholars were approached to do research on jury deliberations.
D)Exxon didn't volunteer to fund research on clean-up technologies or long-term environmental costs.