Ethical Issues obligations - participants - clients - researchers disclosure requirements for public data Client Researcher / Supplier Participant

Suppliers’ Obligations to Participants no harm or deception informed consent confidentiality Is temporary deception ever OK? (e.g. selling or raising money under the guise of research) enough, not too much

Suppliers’ Obligations to Clients use proper procedures do not over promise keep client data confidential do not distort results

Clients’ Obligations to Suppliers do not seek free design help keep proposals confidential do not misrepresent findings – in house – public

Disclosure Requirements when is disclosure required what disclosure is required – questionnaire – sample design and execution –where, when, how study was done – how data coded and processed – data analyses used suppressing data PIPEDA (Govt. of Canada act)