These decisions were only compounded as Gary tried to cover the unethical decisions that were made in the preliminary stages of the project. Gary’s lack of project management experience was obvious throughout the project and he failed to understand that the ultimate responsibility lied on his shoulders as the project manager even though it was under Henry Larsen’s encouragement. The problems that were created due to the bad decisions in the beginning could have been
What we don’t know before Milgrams experiment’s is just how powerful the tendency is. And having been enlightened about our extreme readiness to obey authorities, we can try to take steps to guard ourselves against unwelcome or reprehensible command’(p.73)”’. This just shows that people don’t realize the effect of obedience from people from a higher authority. With Milgrams experiment there were many problems, consisting of the biases parts like the environment. The laboratory was an unfamiliar environment for the participants, and they may have felt embarrassed.
Baumrind said that the subject’s safety and self-esteem weren’t protected. She also concluded that the subjects didn’t get the respect that they deserved because the experimenter was not concerned about the subject’s welfare (Baumrind 330). Baumrind also feels that the experiment was unethical because Milgram did not tell the subjects everything about the experiment. Hiding information from the subjects caused her to believe that the subject and the experimenter relationship was violated. Most of the subjects discovered they were more likey to obey authority figures than they might have expected and most went through a type of self-discovery.
This has been a main controversy because so many people suffered without giving their consent to let the doctors and scientists conduct these experiments in the name of science. These past experimentations have raised many questions on whether or not data should be used to better the medical field’s knowledge. My opinion on the matter is that we shouldn’t use the data that was collected because the data is unethical. It encourages doctors and scientists to perform unethical procedures that have no medical value to its name and can be considered unmoral in today’s society. The data obtained is unethical because it goes against the Hippocratic Oath that physicians take and swear to practice medicine ethically and honestly which is something that the Nazi doctors didn’t do.
When conducting social research it is important for sociologists to consider the range of ethical factors that they might face, as failure to do so may affect the participants or even the overall outcome of the sociological data. From the informed consent of participants to covert research, it is essential to examine the most important ethical issues as they play an important part in the construction of research data. An ethical problem that could be encountered by sociologists when conducting research is the issue of informed consent. Informed consent is given when the participants of the study agree to the terms and conditions of the true aim of the study. However, some results may be invalidated by the participants knowing either the true aim of the study or the fact that they are being studied at all.
After the study had concluded the subjects were de-briefed and told the true nature of the experiment. They met with the learner so they could see he was fine and had come to no harm however this did not take into account the psychological stress caused during the experiment when they had been led to believe they had killed someone by giving them 450 volt shock. During the study Milgram did take into account some ethnical implications, however by deceiving and encouraging the participants to continue despite the consequences was not ethical and the study should not have been allowed to continue. He was unable to determine the mental state of the participants as the information given at the start of the study by the
51. I understand that many researchers think the use of deception in research is necessary because human subjects are sensitive to how others perceive them and how they perceive themselves to be. These researchers believe that this self- consciousness will lead to inaccurate research results. I, however, do not think that researchers should ever use deception when conducting research with humans simply because it is unethical. When intentionally deceiving any participant, you risk harming them because the integrity of the informed consent process is jeopardized.
As a result, this document can fail to accurately represent a culture, producing misleading data. - One major problem for deindividuation theory is that deindividuation can produce increases in pro-social behaviour rather than aggressive behaviour. - Deindividuation can also lead to a freeing of inhibitions rather than aggression - For example: Gergen et al – men and women were placed in either a lit room (control group) or a completely dark room (experimental group) - Participants who did not know each other were told that there are no rules about what they do together. Also told that after the study, they would not interact with each other. - Participants in the lit room – found the experiment a boring experience - Participants in dark room – First 15 minutes, participants in the dark room chatted idly.
Conscience is the skill to rationalize the ethics of an act or decision, created by principles, dispositions, and viewpoints (Sitterly, 2005). Incorporating ethics into the executive and problem-solving methods is vital in psychology (Sitterly, 2005). Problem-solving has ethical views, such as realizing no flawless answer exists to every dilemma, and that both good and bad effects occur from the choices made (Sitterly, 2005). Psychology allows people to realize and understand that all decisions have consequences and that picking one good choice is difficult (Sitterly, 2005). These realizations and understandings will also help improve problem-solving skills (Sitterly,
Arguably the most controversial experiment ever conducted in Social Psychology, Milgram’s Experiment, drew much criticism for not only being unethical but also for downright being ambiguous. Many thought that parts of Milgram’s Experiment were rather unclear. For instance, the participants were told that the “shocks” were painful but not lethal, when in fact they were extremely dangerous. Also, many believed that the form of punishment used in the experiment was rather “old-fashioned,” since psychological violence is much more prominent in today’s world than physical violence. In 1983, nearly two decades later, Meeus and Raaijmakers decided to replicate Milgram’s basic study but wanted to improve on these problems within the study.