Geography
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper provides a brief history of regulatory research ethics, as embodied in Institutional Review Boards in the United States. The purpose is to foster common disciplinary understanding of the origin and purpose of IRBs, and to identify the core conflict between the philosophies of participatory action research and regulatory ethics. That conflict centers on the contradictory language and associated understandings of research "subjects" and "participants". I suggest a need for more disciplinary engagements around this conflict, to foster more open ethical debates and competencies among geographers. © Deborah G. Martin, 2007; journal compilation © ACME Editorial Collective, 2007.
Publication Title
ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies
Publication Date
12-24-2007
Volume
6
Issue
3
First Page
319
Last Page
328
ISSN
1492-9732
Keywords
research ethics, Institutional Review Boards, participatory research, ethics
Repository Citation
Martin, Deborah, "Bureacratizing ethics: Institutional review boards and participatory research" (2007). Geography. 369.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/369
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