Risks and ethics of social movement research in a changing political climate
Risks and ethics of social movement research in a changing political climate
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不断变化的政治气候下社会运动研究的风险和伦理
DOI：
10.1108/s0163-786x(2010)0000030005
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2010
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T. Vining
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Kathleen M. Blee;T. Vining
职业道德要求研究人员在他们的研究中向参与者披露所有风险。美国法律环境的变化，以及新的监控和通信模式，令人质疑研究人员为保护参与者免受目前面临的风险而采取的措施的有效性。本文探讨了社会运动研究中参与者面临的现有风险和新增加的风险，并检查了保密协议和知情同意程序的问题，这两种方法传统上是学者用来保护研究参与者的。保密证书和研究人员特权证书的效用也作为保护研究参与者隐私和安全的手段进行了审查。这一结论提出了更大的问题，即学者对他们的研究参与者的责任，以及在当今不断变化的政治气候下的风险性质。这些问题包括如何权衡被研究的社会运动和积极分子的潜在风险和利益，如果学者避免研究构成风险的运动和积极分子，对学术的影响，以及学者需要与研究参与者合作，以量身定制道德研究做法，并利用机构资源来挑战对他们研究的人和群体的隐私和完整性的威胁。
Professional ethics require researchers to disclose all risks to participants in their studies. Changes in the legal climate in the United States and new modes of surveillance and communication call into question the effectiveness of measures used by researchers to protect participants from the risks they now face. This paper explores existing and newly enhanced risks to participants in social movement studies and examines problems with confidentiality agreements and informed consent procedures, two avenues that scholars traditionally use to protect research participants. The utility of Certificates of Confidentiality and researcher privilege also are examined as means to safeguard the privacy and security of research participants. The conclusion raises larger issues about the accountability of scholars to their research participants and the nature of risk in today's changing political climate. These include how to weigh potential risks and benefits to social movements and activists who are studied, the consequences for scholarship if scholars avoid studying movements and activists that pose risks, and the need for scholars to collaborate with research participants to tailor ethical research practices and to use institutional resources to challenge threats to the privacy and integrity of the people and groups they study.