Mini Acitivity Assignment # 2 Ethics Winter 2023

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Mini Activity Assignment#2: Ethics This assignment will familiarize you with the Canadian Sociological Association's (CSA) Statement of Professional Ethics and Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS2). You can complete this assignment individually or in pairs (write your name(s) on the title page). Please use the following Ethics Guidelines of CSA and TCPS2 to analyze the case below. 1. Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Note: on page 3, it states how to cite this document on your reference page) 2. Canadian Sociological Association's (CSA) Statement of Professional Ethics Instructions: While considering the TCPS2 and CSA, analyze the following case studies. Please address each section of questions adequately, refer to the ethical guidelines whenever needed, and cite accordingly (your answers should be at least 3-5 sentences for each question). Case Study 1: Intimate Partner Violence You are doing a study on Intimate Partner Violence. You have already received approval for your research from the Humber Research Ethics Board (REB). You have already obtained written consent from your participant. The consent form also details all possible risks of causing discomfort or distress from discussing particular issues in the interview. During the interview, the participant experienced emotional and psychological distress. a. Would you continue your interview? Why or why not? Please refer to TCPS2 and/or CSA and cite accordingly. b. Please explain whether your research participants have the right to decline to answer any question, withdraw their agreement to participate at any stage during the study, and remove their data without reprisal. Please refer to TCPS2 and/or CSA and cite accordingly. Case Study2: Laud Humphreys and the Tearoom Trade: https://minerva.leeds.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/orgs/INTF00001/page%201_07.htm In the 1960s, a Ph.D. student in sociology, Laud Humphreys, studied men who have sex with other men in public restrooms of city parks. These restrooms were known as "tearooms." Humphreys got his information by acting as "watch queen," playing the role of a lookout and warning the men if anyone was coming. The men involved did not know he was a researcher. In addition to recording the sex acts of over 100 men, Humphreys had a small subset who knew he was a researcher and spoke to him about sex in public places and homosexuality (which would be criminalized in the 1960s in the United States). Humphreys wanted to understand the relationship between these men's anonymous homosexual acts and their public lives. He recorded their license plates as they returned to their cars and found their addresses. A year later, he changed his hair, dress, and car and went to the home of 50 of these men. Portraying himself as a social health researcher, he interviewed them under false pretenses to gain information on their marital status, sexuality, sexual orientations, and occupations. At the time of Humphreys' research, having sex with men was a crime in most of the U.S. Men could be arrested and sentenced to years in prison for it. If the police had gotten hold of Humphreys' data or if the identities of 1

the men involved had been revealed, they would have been severely stigmatized and their family lives ruined. They could have lost their jobs or even been arrested and imprisoned. Humphreys argued he did nothing wrong in not identifying himself as a researcher. He was merely observing behaviour in public spaces and said he masqueraded as a gay "watch queen" to not interfere with the research. Most social scientists agree that observing people's acts in public spaces is not unethical if people are not identified. On the risk that his notes could have been seized to identify men engaged in illegal acts, he would have risked going to jail rather than handing them over. Others have said no researcher should have such power over others, no matter how good their intentions are. Most have found it a severe ethical violation of how he disguised himself and went to men's homes under a false pretense, invading their privacy. Humphreys argued his deception was justified as the acts were so stigmatized he would not have gotten the information otherwise. a. How do you describe deception in this study? b. What aspects of Humphreys' study were unethical? Please refer to TCPS2 and/or CSA and cite accordingly. Submission  Have a title page, double-spaced, edited, and numbered page. One submission if you are working in a group.  Use a 1-inch margin, double-spaced, and use either 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 12-point Times New Roman . All portions of this assignment should be completed in proper APA format (title page, in- text citations, formatting & references – refer to APA Manual 7th edition). Please note that an in-text citation is required when paraphrasing or using a quotation. Your in-text citations must match the reference page. Make sure that your paper has used spell/grammar check. **NOTE: When referencing the 2018 Tri-Council Policy Statement for the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans , you'll see on page 3 a notice on how the Tri-Council prefers to cite its document. Please refer to this link https://writeanswers.royalroads.ca/faq/199085 to cite TCPS2 accordingly. Developed by Soni Thapa Oli 2

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