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The Ethics of Difference: Ethical Dilemmas of External Researchers

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This paper examines the ethics review process for external researchers. Analysis of some ethical concerns and dilemmas experienced while conducting a multi-site study illustrates the complexities of researching in different contexts. Reflections on identity politics, and ethics review policies and practices expose the tensions between research ethics as a process, and development of ethical thinking and practice. The article concludes by articulating a new vision of ethics reviews for external researchers, which emphasise the need to develop long-term ethical thinking and actions.

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  1. Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand

  2. Māori term for non- Māori New Zealanders

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  1. School of Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jennifer Tatebe

  2. Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92601, Symonds Street, Auckland, 1150, New Zealand

    Jennifer Tatebe

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Tatebe, J. The Ethics of Difference: Ethical Dilemmas of External Researchers. J Acad Ethics 13, 229–237 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-015-9236-4

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