?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Ethical+Issues+in+Empirical+Studies+of+Software+Engineering&rft.creator=Singer%2C+Janice+A.&rft.creator=Vinson%2C+Norman+G.&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.description=The+popularity+of+empirical+methods+in+software+engineering+research+is+on+the+rise.+Surveys%2C%0Aexperiments%2C+metrics%2C+case+studies%2C+and+field+studies+are+examples+of+empirical+methods+used+to%0Ainvestigate+both+software+engineering+processes+and+products.+The+increased+application+of%0Aempirical+methods+has+also+brought+about+an+increase+in+discussions+about+adapting+these%0Amethods+to+the+peculiarities+of+software+engineering.+In+contrast%2C+the+ethical+issues+raised+by%0Aempirical+methods+have+received+little%2C+if+any%2C+attention+in+the+software+engineering+literature.+This%0Aarticle+is+intended+to+introduce+the+ethical+issues+raised+by+empirical+research+to+the+software%0Aengineering+research+community%2C+and+to+stimulate+discussion+of+how+best+to+deal+with+these+ethical%0Aissues.+Through+a+review+of+the+ethical+codes+of+several+fields+that+commonly+employ+humans+and%0Aartifacts+as+research+subjects%2C+we+have+identified+major+ethical+issues+relevant+to+empirical+studies%0Aof+software+engineering.+These+issues+are+illustrated+with+real+empirical+studies+of+software%0Aengineering.&rft.date=2002-12&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3299%2F1%2FNRC-44912.pdf&rft.identifier=++Singer%2C+Janice+A.+and+Vinson%2C+Norman+G.++(2002)+Ethical+Issues+in+Empirical+Studies+of+Software+Engineering.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3299%2F