Ethics and Freedom of Speech

Ethical concerns must be considered in developing a successful and effective research design.

Links to Statements of Ethics

• American Anthropological Association Statement of Ethics
• American Political Science Association Statement of Ethics
• Association of American Geographers Statement of Ethics
• British Sociological Association Statement of Ethics
• International Sociological Association Statement of Ethics
• Ethnics in Research - Emory University; PowerPoint presentation by Karen A. Hegtvedt [Download ~192k pdf]

Additional Readings

• Patai, Daphne. 1991. 'US Academics and Third World Women: Is Ethical Research Possible?' in Gluck, Sherna Berger and Patai, Daphne. (eds) Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History. New York: Routlegde.
• Punch, Maurice. 1986. The Politics and Ethics of Fieldwork. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
• Richer, S. 1988. 'Fieldwork and the Commodification of Culture: Why the Natives are Restless' Review of Canadian Sociology and Anthropology. Vol. 25(3): 406-420.

Freedom of Speech

• Statement by the Society for the Social Studies of Science