TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose – To outline the history of ethical regulation in the social sciences and to question the proportionality of its costs and benefits.Methodology/approach – Secondary analysis of primary literature.Findings – Ethical regulation in the social sciences has been driven more by institutional reputation management than human subject protection. It has a range of social and economic costs that have not received adequate critical appraisal.Social implications – Ethical regulation in the social sciences may be highly damaging to a society's ability to understand itself, particularly by constraining scientific research relative to journalism or imaginative forms of communication.Originality/value of paper – Review of the most current research and an explanation of the positive case against regulation.
VL  - 12
SN  - 978-1-78052-878-6, 978-1-78052-879-3/1042-3192
DO  - 10.1108/S1042-3192(2012)0000012004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1042-3192(2012)0000012004
AU  - Dingwall Robert
ED  - Kevin Love
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - How did we ever get into this Mess? The Rise of Ethical Regulation in the Social Sciences
T2  - Ethics in Social Research
T3  - Studies in Qualitative Methodology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 3
EP  - 26
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -