Research Ethics and Societal Impacts

Your readings this week discussed how and why social scientists study social movements. Social scientists’ work is often used by movement organizers to define social issues and to propose solutions. Social scientists themselves may be involved in social justice movements on a personal or professional level. On the professional level, participation is guided by the code of ethics of the social scientist’s field, which may or may not encourage such participation. In this assignment, you will choose a social science discipline and consider how social justice might fit in with the code of ethics of the discipline you chose. This will give you an idea of how social scientists go about making decisions about whether and when to bring a social justice focus to their work. Choose one of the disciplines below (cultural anthropology, archaeology, economics, psychology, or sociology) and read the Code of Ethics and the article listed for that discipline. Write a 250-word response (not including references) to the following questions: If you were a scientist in the field you chose who was thinking about getting involved in a social justice movement, which two principles in the code of ethics for that field would be most important for you to consider? Why? Please include specific evidence from the code of ethics and the article provided to support your conclusions. Include in-text citations and a reference page at the end with the references for the code of ethics and the article. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: American Anthropological Association. (2012). AAA statement on ethics. [login to view URL] Anthropology & activism. (n.d.) Duke University. [login to view URL] ARCHAEOLOGY: Society for American Archaeology. (2016). Principles of archaeological ethics. [login to view URL] Mickel, A. & Olson, K. (2021, 27 July). Archaeologists Should Be Activists Too. Sapiens.org. [login to view URL] ECONOMICS: American Economic Association. (2018). AEA code of professional conduct. [login to view URL] Pierson, J.T. (2019). Addressing economic justice in the face of inequality. American Bar Association. [login to view URL] PSYCHOLOGY: American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. [login to view URL] Vasquez, M.J. (2012). Psychology and social justice: Why we do what we do. American Psychologist, 67(5), 337-346. [login to view URL]://[login to view URL] SOCIOLOGY: American Sociological Association. (1999). Code of ethics and policies and procedures of the ASA Committee on Professional Ethics. [login to view URL] Webster, E. (2016, June 5). Lessons learned from taking sides as a sociologist in unjust times. The Conversation. [login to view URL]