You have approached a outdoor school camp program about doing a study that explores students outdoor experience deficiencies. The program agrees but under the condition that you provide some benefit to the participants and the program. Of those provided, which is the most ethical means to provide benefit to the program?
A) Provide the school a summary of the findings as they relate to the program's objectives.
B) Advertise to the community that you are doing research with the students of the school to increase the status of the program.
C) Provide an individual profile score for each participant so the program can gauge outdoor experience deficiencies.
D) Provide individual sessions with students you identified through your study as high in deficiencies.

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Providing a summary of the findings as they relate to the program's objectives is the most ethical means of providing benefit as it is informative and assists the program in improving their outdoor school camp program. It also does not compromise confidentiality of participants and is not coercive in nature. Additionally, it aligns with the purpose of the study, which is to explore deficiencies in outdoor experiences of students.

You Have Approached a Outdoor School Camp Program About Doing