--- abstract: none. altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Singer given: Janice honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Vinson given: Norman G honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2001 date_type: published datestamp: 2004-07-06 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/33/95 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 3395 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/3395/1/singer01_you_NRC%2D46543.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'ethics, empirical studies, software engineering, legal issues' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:27 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: "This article discusses ethical issues arising in empirical studies of software engineering when those studies involve humans. For example, a study examining differences in software maintenance procedures from company to company would qualify as an empirical study of software engineering involving human subjects.\n\n" number: 4 pagerange: 287-290 pubdom: FALSE publication: Empirical Software Engineering publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: |- Black, H. 2000. Personal Communication. Legal Advisor, Industry Canada, Canadian Federal Government. Baron, R.A. & Byrne, D. 1987. Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction, 5th. Ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. Duncan, G. 1996. Is my research ethical? Communications of the ACM, Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 67-68. Katz, J. 1972. Experimentation with Human Beings. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. McNeil, P. 1993. The Ethics and Politics of Human Experimentation. New York: Cambridge University Press. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 1999. National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans. Canberra: AusInfo. Penslar, R. 1993. Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR), Protecting Human Research Subjects, National Institutes of Health. Sedgley, S. 2000. Personal Communication. Director, Policy & Planning, Australian Research Council. Tri-council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, 1998, http://www.nserc.ca/programs/ethics/english/policy.htm relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:50:43 subjects: - comp-sci-stat-model - phil-ethics succeeds: ~ suggestions: 'This article discusses ethical issues arising in empirical studies of software engineering when those studies involve humans. For example, a study examining differences in software maintenance procedures from company to company would qualify as an empirical study of software engineering involving human subjects. As such, it does not fit in existing fields very well. Software engineering research as a whole does not fit in any of the existing fields.' sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Why and how research ethics matters to you, yes YOU!' type: journalp userid: 3938 volume: 6