Research Ethics Kathleen Gatchell Res/351 September 28, 2015 Kristy Peterson Business Research Ethics “In recent years, Western organizations and companies have been increasingly using countries of the developing world as places of clinical trials. The involvement of human subjects in healthcare research evokes ethical concerns, especially when their culture is different and their socio-economic status is lower than the Western standards.” (Igoumenidis & Zyga, 2011) Ethical vs. Unethical
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special task was to go from town to town, behind the front lines, and “cleanse” the towns of the Jews. There were no gas chambers or deportation of the Jews to killing centers, just one “man assassinating another man” (Desbois, pp. 55). During the Nuremberg trials, the head of Einsatzgruppe D told a psychologist, “A bullet, a Jew. A Jew, a cartridge” (Desbois, pp. 53, 224). Father Desbois was told that nothing remained or that “We don’t know anything about that” but he was determined to find proof (Desbois
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The history of research was the initial topic of the slides. Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment of 1960 (Yale University) Concerned with the study of obedience to authority. Milgram's study illustrated many common ethical issues. Nuremberg War Crime Trials and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study are examples of public violations of human rights. They commanded formal procedures for protection of subjects They are still relevant to research studies today. The Belmont Report of 1979 and the National
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In 1954, virologist, Chester Southam, theorized the source of cancer; he believed cancer was caused either by a virus or an insufficiency in the immune system. To test his theories, Southam began injecting unknowing patients with HeLa cells. This research became extremely controversial. Southam was tremendously deceitful about what he was doing. For example, when experimenting on cancer patients, Southam “told them he was testing their immune systems; he said nothing about injecting them with someone’s
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a very controversial research study conducted by the United States Public Health Service in collaboration with the Tuskegee University (then known as the Tuskegee Institute) in Macon County, Alabama between the years 1932 and 1972. The study was named the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” and the original intent was to study the effects of untreated syphilis on African-American men for a duration of six to nine months and then follow-up with a treatment
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TERRORISM, WAR, PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS FACULTY GUIDEBAC 445 FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY OPTIONS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CONTEMPORARY STUDIES COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will explore ethical, theoretical, and practical questions relating to terrorism, the engagement of war, cultural and ethnic conflicts. This course will explore why we wage war, the development of terrorism and its impact on societies, society’s quest for peace and the methods attempted
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an authority figure and a person’s personal conscience. Milgram examined these traits by using people accused of crimes during World War II and Nuremberg War Criminal trials. Milgram found that the soldier’s defense was based on strictly obedience and that they were just following orders of their superiors. Milgram’s experiments began a year after the trial of Adolf Eichmann who was being accused of coordinating deportations of Jews from killing centers. He also was the mastermind behind deportation
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ICTR's Akayesu Verdict SYNOPSIS The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) heard Jean-Paul Akayesu accused of vicious gang rapes and genocide that took the lives of 2,000 Tutsis. The trial court chamber of three judges, two men and one woman, had an unprecedented opportunity to clarify whether rape during internal armed conflict constitutes genocide as well as a crime against humanity. Nongovernmental organizations worked to "engender" the Tribunal while holding accountable the Hutu
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suicide before the trial even began. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) Konstantin von Neurath was the minister of foreign affairs. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for all counts, but was released in 1954 due to failing health. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) Franz von Papen was the Chancellor of Germany and the Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) During the actual trials at Nuremberg, he was acquitted
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The Milgram Experiment was conducted by Stanley Milgram who was a psychologist at Yale University. He invented this study to explore the issue of authority. Milgram wanted to understand obedience. Milgram asked the question, “What is there in human nature that allows an individual to act without any restraints whatsoever that allows us to act inhumane and not limited by compassion or conscience.” This experiment allowed insight into the topic of conflict between obedience to authority and conscience
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