|
Survey
What follows is the form we used to solicit information about ethics guidelines in various academic departments. This was not a survey in that the departments did not choose their answers from a list of options. Had this been the case, the results might have been quite different. For example, two departments specifically mentioned the College's Guide to the Use and Acknowledgment of Sources as its ethics guidelines. We would speculate that had the departments been able to choose from a list of answers instead of thinking the answer up on their own, some of the departments that said they had no ethics guidelines might have instead answered that the College's Guide served as their ethical guidelines. Of course, this brings up the question of whether or not the College's Guide is an example of ethics guidelines. We would argue that it is not.
Mount Holyoke College
Practicing Sociology 224
Group Project 2: Compilation of Ethics Standards by Department at Mount Holyoke College
Student Researcher _________________
Date _____________________________
Department: _______________________
A. Examine Website Information
1. Does the Department have a website? Yes No
1A. If Yes, what is the URL? ________________________________ (go to Question 2)
1B. If No, Go to Section B.
2. Are ethic guidelines for student research described on the Website? Yes No
2A. If Yes, what is the URL? _________________________________
2B. If No, Go to Section B.
B. Contact Department by telephone (Administrative Assistant)
"Hello, my name is ________________. I am in a Sociology Class at MHC that is working with the MHC Archives as part of a Community Based Learning Program. We are compiling a record of ethics guidelines for student research at Mount Holyoke College."
1. Is there Student research done in ___________ Department? Yes No
1A. If No, End.
1B. If Yes, go to Question 2.
2. Does your department have a standardized set of Ethics Guidelines for Student research? Yes No
2A, If Yes, can I have a copy of them? How can I pick them up? End.
2B. If No, can I talk to anyone who could describe any informal guidelines? (Chair?) Go to Section C.
C. Contact Chair of Department
"Hello, my name is ________________. I am in a Sociology Class at MHC that is working with the MHC Archives as part of a Community Based Learning Program. We are compiling a record of ethics guidelines for student research at Mount Holyoke College."
1. Are there any informal ethics guidelines in ________ department in regard to student research?
1A. If No, End.
1B. If Yes, Can you describe them? End.
|
