Some Ethical Problems in Group and Organizational Consultation

Benne, Kenneth D.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1959.tb01449.x

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“…Sartre (1970) argued that it is part of the human condition to find that our choices have unanticipated consequences for which we cannot escape responsibility. In the context of community work, Benne (1959) noted that consultation is a dynamic relationship that simply does not permit anticipation of all problems that will arise in the course of the work. However good our reconnaissance may be, we will never be sure that we have all the information before we act.…”

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Responsible to whom? Responsible for what? Some ethical issues in community intervention

O’Neill

1989

American J of Comm Psychol

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To sort out the elements of an ethical problem and fashion an acceptable solution, psychologists must balance competing values and cope with unexpected outcomes. They must know (or decide) to whom and for what they are accountable. Community psychologists often work in situations where loyalties are unclear, and where the ripple effect of interventions maximizes the possibility of unanticipated consequences. Two cases are presented to illustrate problems of accountability and the need to transform an ethical decision into a series of choices guided by emerging information.

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Responsible to whom? Responsible for what? Some ethical issues in community intervention

O’Neill

1989

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…In terms of the organizational action, they are bound to provide a quality service to the organization's management; as researchers they have a responsibility to go beyond the boundaries of the particular project to contribute to the generation of knowledge. In addition to the ethical dilemmas pertaining to these separate roles, there are dilemmas which pertain to the integration of the roles which are held together by action researchers (Benne, 1959;Lippitt, 1961;Kelman, 1965). Applying Katz and Kahn, White and Wooten (1986) refer to as "role episode" by which they mean studying an ethical dilemma through an ambiguity or conflict between the sending role and role receiver.…”

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Roles, Politics, and Ethics in Action Research Design

Coghlan

Shani

2005

Syst Pract Act Res

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For novice action researchers, issues of roles, politics and ethics are critical, particularly in design. The field of organization development (OD) provides many useful considerations of roles, politics and ethics. This article proposes a systemic design-based framework of the action research process that includes context, inquiry mechanisms, inquiry cycle and outcomes. Such perspective brings to the forefront the issues of context, roles, politics dynamics and ethics that are embedded in the action research process and influence its emergent process, quality and outcomes. A set of propositions for further explorations is advanced and briefly discussed.

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“…The number of times a participant said "yes" tells us how cautious he or she was in accepting a project. A smaller number of "yes" responses does not necessarily imply that a person is "more ethical," but it is related to Benne's (1959) concept of consultant integrity: resisting the incentive to be overly flexible to clients' requests/demands. Perhaps it is best viewed as an in- The results of the research will only be used for developing the assessment center.…”

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The ethical reasoning process in an organizational consulting situation.

Tannenbaum¹,

Greene²,

Glickman³

1989

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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We focused on scenarios in which ethical considerations could aifect an organizational consultant's decision whether to provide services. 5 factors were systematically varied in the basic scenario: deception, coercion, risk, invasion of privacy, and probability of success. Ss were 19 faculty and doctoral students. In policy-capturing analysis of the ethical reasoning process, we found moderate agreement on whether to work on the hypothetical project but considerable individual differences in the reasons behind the decisions. Older Ss and/or those in faculty positions were more cautious and used more complex reasoning than younger, student Ss. The findings suggest that education in ethics should include ethical reasoning processes and that policy capturing be used as a training tool.

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Some Ethical Problems in Group and Organizational Consultation

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Responsible to whom? Responsible for what? Some ethical issues in community intervention

Responsible to whom? Responsible for what? Some ethical issues in community intervention

Roles, Politics, and Ethics in Action Research Design

The ethical reasoning process in an organizational consulting situation.

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