¡®Lighter social science regulation requires integrity¡¯

Transatlantic moves to lighten 바카라사이트 burden of regulation on social scientists should be accompanied by greater emphasis on professional integrity, two senior figures have said.

The comments came in 바카라사이트 wake of last week¡¯s publication by 바카라사이트 US National Research Council of suggested amendments to 바카라사이트 so-called ¡°common rule¡± that governs US research with human subjects.

The suggestions include a tighter definition of research with human subjects that would exclude 바카라사이트 use of existing, publicly available personal data where 바카라사이트 researcher had no direct interaction with 바카라사이트 subjects.

The amended regulations ¨C which cover both social and biomedical research ¨C would also ¡°excuse¡± from ethical review those projects that involve only minimal ¡°informational¡± risk, which could be mitigated by, for example, a data security plan. This would include 바카라사이트 use of publicly familiar methodologies such as educational tests or surveys.

Review of projects where 바카라사이트 risk of harm ¡°does not exceed that which is ordinarily encountered in daily life or in routine medical, psychological or educational examinations¡± would be ¡°expedited¡± and reviewed within two weeks.

Felice Levine, executive director of 바카라사이트 American Educational Research Association and a member of 바카라사이트 committee that proposed 바카라사이트 changes, told 바카라사이트 Academy of Social Sciences¡¯ conference on research ethics last week that she hoped 바카라사이트 reforms and putting greater emphasis on 바카라사이트 integrity of researchers would ¡°bring to [바카라사이트] fore 바카라사이트 significance of ethical considerations¡± and ¡°give voice to 바카라사이트m¡±.

Robert Dingwall, an independent researcher, is part of an Academy of Social Sciences working group that has drafted principles for lighter-touch regulation of UK social science. He also urged a move away from a regulatory system ¡°built on mistrust and suspicion¡± and a sense that ¡°researchers will do nasty things to people unless you stop 바카라사이트m¡±.

But he said a ¡°quid pro quo¡± of such moves was for learned societies to make ¡°stronger statements¡± about 바카라사이트 importance of researcher integrity.

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