The Routledge Handbook of Human Research Ethics and Integrity in Australia highlights why it is important to look at the subject of human research ethics and integrity within the Australian context, and what the Australian perspective can offer to all researchers in the social sciences and humanities globally.
Australia has one of the worlds most rigorous ethics governance frameworks. This edited collection comprises 35 chapters, compiled with the aim of presenting human research ethics and integrity in a way that can be readily understood and applied by undergraduate and postgraduate students, early career and seasoned researchers, Human Research Ethics Committee members, and those who work in the administration of human research ethics. Chapters that focus on research ethics with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are likely to be of great interest to an international audience interested in Indigenous research ethics more broadly. This collection will act as a prism through which ethical first principles can be seen afresh from the vista of contemporary Australian research ethics frameworks.
The issues raised in this collection are likely to resonate beyond the Australian context and will speak to researchers and educators in a variety of settings who find themselves grappling with thorny ethical issues ranging from the rapid evolution of data security and privacy concerns to research about cultural heritage and ethical approaches to Indigenous cultural and intellectual property.
This Handbook highlights why it is important to look at the subject of research ethics and integrity within the Australian context, and what the particular Australian perspective can offer to all researchers in the social sciences globally.
PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
1. Human Research Ethics and Integrity: A
Tale of Respect, Merit, Justice, and Beneficence
2. Research Integrity in the
Australian Research Landscape: Reflections and a Plan for Action
3. Exploring
and Managing Questionable Research Practices
4. Human Research Ethics
Committees: Friend or Foe?
5. Legal Dimensions of Human Research Ethics; PART
TWO: ETHICAL RESEARCH WITH ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
6.
Indigenous Research Ethics in the Australian Context: A Brief Introduction
7.
Relevant Codes, Protocols, and Guidelines in the Context of Indigenous
Research
8. The AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Research
9. On the Importance of Respectful Engagement with
Australias Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
10. Protecting
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in Research Collaboration; PART
THREE: PRIMING ETHICAL PERSPECTIVESEARLY CONSIDERATIONS
11. Researcher
Safety and Welfare
12. Moral Injury in Research and the Responsibility of
Ethics Committees
13. Whats the Point of Participant Information Sheets If
No-One Reads Them?
14. Are We Paying Participants Enough, and When and How
Should We Pay?; PART FOUR: RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICS
15. Ethics in
Quantitative Research: Commissions and Omissions
16. Randomised Controlled
Trials and Quasi-Experimental Designs
17. Interviews, Focus Groups and
Yarning: Some Associated Ethical Challenges
18. The Ethics of Archiving and
Sharing Qualitative Data; PART FIVE: ETHICS ACROSS VARIED SETTINGS AND
DISCIPLINES
19. The Ethics of Contemporary Criminal Justice Research
20.
This Is Doin My Head In: The Ethics of Psychological Research
21.
Ethno+Graphy and Research Ethics in Australia
22. The Ethics of Gambling
Research
23. The Ethics of Socio-Legal Research
24. Pandemic and Public
Health Emergency Ethics; PART SIX: FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND OLDER AUSTRALIANS
25. Qualitative Research with Couples and Families: Six Ethical Issues
26.
Research with Children: Balancing Protection and Participation
27. Ethics of
Research with Older Australians; PART SEVEN: DIGITAL DATA, ARTEFACTS, AND
SECURITY
28. Ethics Clearance for Digital Humanities
29. Ethical Issues in
Human Research with Technology
30. Ethics of Research Using Digital Trace
Data: A Computational Social Science Perspective
31. Cybersecurity Research
and Society: Considerations for Researchers and Human Research Ethics
Committees
32. Data Management Plans: A Risk-Informed Approach; PART EIGHT:
OTHER THORNY ISSUES
33. Catching the Call: Dealing with Whistleblowing While
Doing Research
34. Research Supervision: The Ethics of the StudentSupervisor
Relationship
35. Publication Ethics and Peer Review
Bruce M. Smyth is Professor of Family Studies with the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Michael A. Martin is Professor of Statistics in the School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Australian National University.
Mandy Downing is a Ngarluma Yindjibarndi woman and an Associate Professor with Curtin University in Western Australia, Australia; Co-Chair of the National Research Ethics Committee at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; and the Dean of Indigenous Futures at Curtin University.
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