CS 6470: Short Summary of Ethics for Midterm Projects
- Attend the ethics lecture
- If you miss it for any reason, you must meet with the instructor before proceeding.
- Complete the online human subjects certification
- Do NOT chose a population who can't consent for themselves, ie:
- If you chose a sensitive topic (ex: cancer support),
set up a meeting time with the professor before you start
- In most cases you should ask permission of site leader/gatekeeper before
selecting the site.
- Come talk to the instructor if you're not sure if you should ask.
- Participant observation
- Take detailed field notes on your experiences
- Do not log otherwise ephemeral communication without consent
- Describe who you are and what you're doing in online info about you (profile, decription, etc.)
- Interviews
- Explain what doing
- Explain disguising
- Make clear participation is voluntary and can stop at any time
- Ask permission before turning on your tape recorder or video camera. Then turn it on. Then ask again, so you have permission on tape.
- Normally would use consent form, but we have been granted exemption
- Do not annoy people in how you request participation/consent
- Do not engage in any deception
- Reveal who you are. Do not use any identity swapping, even if it is common on the site.
- For your paper, follow disguising rules in 'names' paper