To Tell or Not to Tell

Educational Resource
Author:Anonymous
Abstract:

While doing observations at a local factory, a sociologist overhears some employees talking about tampering with a union vote. This same group of employees had opted to not be part of his study.The researcher wants to alert the union leaders about the potential tampering but he promised not to use any of his interactions with these employees. What should he do?

Keywords:
Confidentiality, Ethics and Society, Human Subjects Research, Privacy and Surveillance, Research and Practice, Social Responsibility
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2016
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/graduate-research-ethics-cases-and-commentaries-volume-7-2006/tell-or-not-tell
    • Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/mnbk-6t97