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What kinds of ethical dilemmas arise in social research? This chapter describes the set of dilemmas that confronts investigators, and indicates how and why dilemmas arise and why social scientists are largely unprepared to solve them. The major ethical and scientific values that are available to guide social scientists are examined along with some of the characteristics of effective problem solving that underlie the work presented in subsequent chapters. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of alternative social science methods and value systems.
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Sieber, J.E. (1982). Ethical Dilemmas in Social Research. In: Sieber, J.E. (eds) The Ethics of Social Research. Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5719-6_1
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