Research Ethics for Social Scientists: Between Ethical Conduct and Regulatory Essay

In this case, the questions of when researchers may possibly feel that they had a responsibility to protect research subjects along with what they can do when faced with miserable demeanour are addressed (191). The commentators in this case included ted Palys, john Lowman, Monique marks and Dick Hobbs.On the question of intervening on the violence incidences, Dick Hobbs points expose that intervening would be counterproductive but since violence is both emotive and seductive to men intervening would be due to personal relations with integrity of the fighters but not on the basis of social justice (192). All the commentators were cautious of intervening because they feared it would alter the behavior which they were studying. However, apart from Dick Hobbs the rest believed that it was critical to report the incidence if someone got seriously injured.On the issue of revealing the information they gathered in the field some suggested they would be willing to do so (Palys and Lowma n), others (Dick Hobbs and Marks) argued that they would not since the information was meant for academic purposes only and testifying would elevate research profile and make it hard to perform another research on correspondent sites (193).All the commentators agreed that the source of funding would not affect their decisions to intervene and testify. However, Marks and Hobbs highly criticized the attempts of directing researchers responses to ethical dilemmas since their decisions in the field were not governed by formal codes, but were rather situational and responses cannot be determined outside the field (194, 195). ConclusionThis reading shows that although it may not be their duty, social researchers in criminal investigation have a duty to protect the respondents especially when someone may get injured in the processes. They should do so by reportage such incidences and testify upon what happened for the purposes of social justice.ReferencesMark, I. (2006). Case study 2. Res earch ethics for social scientists between ethical conduct and regulatory compliance. Sage publications, London.