Misbehaviors of Front-Line Research Personnel and the Integrity of Community-Based Research

True, Gala; Alexander, Leslie B.; Richman, Kenneth A.

doi:10.1525/jer.2011.6.2.3

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“…Codebook development, application of codes, and coding consensus were achieved through a team coding approach and regular coding meetings (see True, Alexander, and Richman [2011] for further description of data analysis methods).…”

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Proximity, Ethical Dilemmas, and Community Research Workers

Richman

Alexander

True

2012

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Background:In community-engaged research (CEnR), recruitment and data collection are often assigned to community research workers (CRWs). CRWs are hired because of close ties with target communities and presumed greater success recruiting and gathering data from marginalized populations. The value conflicts and personal stress facing CRWs have been described in the international context; however, less attention has been paid to these issues in U.S. settings. Methods: Qualitative interviews were held with CRWs about their experiences with CEnR. Interviews were transcribed and coded using Atlas.ti. Results: The data indicate that CRWs working in settings controlled by the participants, such as neighborhood streets and participant homes, are more likely to face conflicts between following the norms of research and meeting what they perceive to be their everyday obligations to help specific others (duties of relational ethics) and to keep themselves safe. This suggests that "physical proximity" (understood as degree of penetration into the physical domain of the target research community) is an important factor in the ethics of actual practice in CEnR. Conclusions: CRWs often experience ethical complexities that are simply not in the realm of experience of most higher level researchers. How CRWs navigate conflicting ethical obligations can affect the quality and usefulness of the data collected and thereby affect communities by influencing policies informed by these data. Soliciting the perspectives of CRWs early in the process of research design and development is recommended to maximize the benefits achievable through CEnR.

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Proximity, Ethical Dilemmas, and Community Research Workers

Richman

Alexander

True

2012

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“…'PV facilitators' are normally from the same community, and like field workers in other development contexts, can play a critical bridging role in terms of access to participants, language issues, culturally appropriate conduct of research, and in some cases, providing continuity beyond the study period (Wheeler, 2009;Kamuya et al, 2013). However, as discussed above, empowering particular community beneficiaries, through giving them coordinating tasks, sometimes paid employment, and greater freedom of action, can raise significant ethical issues including the potential to exploit community trust, and challenges in maintaining privacy and confidentiality in communities they are part of (True et al, 2011). This is complicated by the ethical concerns of using visual methods, such as PV, which include consent (participants being fully informed of their involvement and project purpose), ownership of images, and use and rights to reproduce them (e.g.…”

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Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory research projects

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Participatory research is supposed to involve participants in a collective definition of goals and the co-production and sharing of research outputs. However, when articulated through an extended period of time involving a range of local, national and international actors, the practicalities of participatory research means that certain groups and individuals become responsible for taking leading roles, with subsequent ethical dilemmas. In the 'Community-owned solutions for future environmental challenges in the Guiana Shield, South America' (COBRA) project, the participatory research process involves a group of five Indigenous researchers -"the local team" -in charge of carrying out the research on the ground e.g. defining procedures, carrying out community engagement and supporting the communities in analysing and disseminating the material. This local team is, in turn, supported by researchers from a national NGO and foreign academics.Considerable responsibility has been given to the local team for achieving project outcomes, and freedom in defining project tasks and activities. This paper analyses the multiple ethical dilemmas arising out of this situation, particularly the role of the local team as intermediaries between the wider community and project partners. We highlight the existence of significant mismatches between research expectations, and the ethical processes in operation at community level which are usually established on long-term, tacit and reciprocal relationships. We discuss how local community researchers are challenged with balancing the tensions between these two ethical polarities, while at the same time producing participatory research outcomes that are acceptable by everyone involved.

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“…Simultaneously, there is evidence that students who collaborate closely with faculty on research projects are also the students most frequently exposed to unethical behaviour (Anderson, Louis, and Earle 1994). On the other hand, True, Alexander, and Richman (2011) have reported that ethical misconduct was most prevalent among research workers who were not well integrated into their academic communities. Although formal ethics training is thought to be important for instilling knowledge of ethical norms and standards (e.g.…”

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Ethics in the supervisory relationship: supervisors' and doctoral students' dilemmas in the natural and behavioural sciences

Löfström

Pyhältö

2015

Studies in Higher Education

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This study explored the perceptions of ethical issues in supervision among doctoral students and supervisors. The nature of ethical issues identified by doctoral students (n = 28) and their supervisors (n = 14) is explored and the degree of fit and misfit between their perceptions in two cases representing the natural and behavioural sciences is analysed. Supervisors and students identified different ethical issues, which suggest that there are aspects in the supervisory relationship about which there is no shared understanding. There were also differences between the ethical issues emphasised in the natural sciences from those emphasised in the behavioural sciences, suggesting differences between the domains.

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Misbehaviors of Front-Line Research Personnel and the Integrity of Community-Based Research

Cited by 45 publications

References 16 publications

Proximity, Ethical Dilemmas, and Community Research Workers

Proximity, Ethical Dilemmas, and Community Research Workers

Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory research projects

Ethics in the supervisory relationship: supervisors' and doctoral students' dilemmas in the natural and behavioural sciences

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