Short Answer_ Ethical Concerns

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SCS-100-H1763 Professor McLaurin-Hill September 12, 2020 Short Answer: Ethical Concerns 1. Proposal 1: Racial Predisposition – The aim of this study is to examine the direct link between race and violent criminal activity. In this study, I plan to prove the direct and positive correlation between race and incidence of committing violent crimes. This will then prove that race is the strongest indicator of tendency toward violent crimes. Looking at this proposal there is no means of gathering evidence. To gather correct information you would need to persuade your participants into committing violent crimes. This brings about ethical concerns because you are then allowing people to then get hurt for the information needed to prove your point. There would be no way of doing an experimental study rather they would need to look at crimes committed in the past and compare it to race. 2. Proposal 2: Electroshock Therapy – In this study, I will examine the effect of electroshock therapy on undesirable behavior in human subjects. This study will administer electrical shocks to human subjects as a disciplinary measure when undesirable behavior is observed. The goal of the study is to determine whether the electroshock therapy is a suitable treatment for resolving disciplinary issues in preteens and adolescents. If this therapy is found to be effective, it will be prescribed to resolve disciplinary issues in preteens and adolescents. The first ethical issue while reading this is that the proposal does not specify the voltage at which will be administered to the participants. The voltage should be enough to influence behavior but should not harm them. Another ethical issue in this proposal is that there is no criteria to what “undesirable behavior” means. When doing this experiment more than one observer should be observing to control for bias.
3. Proposal 3: Health Problems, Diet, and Socioeconomic Status – This study aims to examine the relationship between health problems (diabetes, heart disease, and obesity), diet, and socioeconomic status. It is proposed that people of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to encounter these problems. Research will be conducted on human subjects where data are collected on diet (the types of food consumed along with money spent on food), and this will be related to the overall health of individuals in the study. The results and findings of this research will be published publicly so others can see the risks of consuming cheap, low-quality food. Looking at this study there are some ethical concerns regarding health and the benefactor of this experiment. Purposely giving participants low-quality/cheap food can cause negative health concerns with no positive other than information gathered. There should be no intention to cause health concerns with participants just to gather information. There are other means of gathering the same information without causing harm to human life.
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