Qualitative Ethics in Practice [Paperback]

Neither ethics committees nor qualitative researchers can predict the types of ethical dilemmas that will happen in the field, only that they will routinely occur. In Qualitative Ethics in Practice, a team of fifteen top researchers from various disciplines and nationalities offer ethical strategies unique to qualitative researchers for those big ethical moments beyond what can be predicted by ethics committees. Ideally structured for qualitative classes that tackle ethics issues, the book
-calls for an ethical code unique to the practice of qualitative research;
-uses a variety of cases from education, community development, tourism, family, and other settings to examine how researchers addressed ethical dilemmas in practice, including the infamous Belfast Project;
-highlights some relevant models and programs being developed that may lead to solutions.

A team of fifteen researchers from various disciplines and nationalities offer ethical strategies unique to qualitative researchers for those big ethical moments beyond what can be predicted by ethics committees.

Martin Tolich is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He has been teaching and researching sociology for more than 25 years. His many research interests include employment, ethics review boards, Maori consultation processes, and experiential research training for students. He has published extensively including two recent books  Planning Ethically Responsible Research (with Joan Sieber, 2013) and Getting Started: An Introduction to Research Methods (with Carl Davidson, 2011).

Preface 1 Qualitative Ethics in Practice, Martin Tolich 2 Qualitative Research Horror Stories, Martin Tolich 3 Are Qualitative Research Ethics Unique? Martin Tolich 4 How Emergent Research Questions Confound Mixed Methods Ethics? Martin Tolich 5 The Making(s) of a Qualitative Code of Ethics: Canadas Tri-Council Policy StlC0