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A Most Human Enterprise looks at controversial social science research methods and their effects on subjects and researchers. In detailing case studies in which plagiarism was alleged, subjects were mislead or seriously abused, and research denigrated certain demographics, Donald O. Granberg and John F. Galliher demonstrate how social scientists have strayed from the ethical standards of scientific research. Case studies include the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, the well-known pseudo-prison work of Philip Zimbardo, the obedience research of Stanley Milgram, and the study of sex in public places by sociologist Laud Humphreys. Many of the studies that were most damaging to human subjects were funded by government, making the current concerns of university Institutional Review Boards seem ironic. A Most Human Enterprise also investigates consequences of plagiarism in the social sciences, the role that whistle blowers can play, and the consequences of their acts. Humans are, of course, capable of lofty and amazing accomplishments. Yet they are, nevertheless, also subject to bias, prejudice, ego involvement, and poor judgment. This book demonstrates the inadequacy of Institutional Review Boards in limiting ethical lapses in the social sciences, and seeks to create a reader more sensitive to the problems and pitfalls that arise in the course of doing social research.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Most Human Enterprise
• Subtitle: Controversies in the Social Sciences
• Author: Donald O. Granberg, John F. Galliher
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 162
• EAN: 9780739127964
• ISBN: 0739127969
• ID: 04903174
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 165 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. March 2010

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