Different methods have been developed to address ethical issues during research. Most of these methods were developed at universities. In this article ethical parallel research within a Research and Technology Organization is described. Within a European project about perceived security, CPSI, the ethical issues were identified by ethicists cooperating in the project. The project focuses on developing a research method that can be used by (local) government to monitor or assess perceived and actual security. Together with the researchers a way was sought to address the ethical issues. Several issues could be addressed by choices with regard to the design of the validation study, in this case a survey. The ethical and legal reasons that were relevant for choices in the design of the validation study were made an integral part of these decisions.
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van Gorp, A. 1; Email Address: Anke.vangorp@hu.nl van der Molen, S. 2; Email Address: s.vandermolen@lic.lt; Affiliation: 1: Institute for Security, College of Integral Security Studies, Hogeschool Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2: Lithuanian Innovation Centre, T. Ševčenkos gatvė 13, 03223 Vilnius, Lithuania; Source Info: Mar2011, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p31; Subject Term: RESEARCH -- Moral & ethical aspects; Subject Term: APPLIED ethics; Subject Term: ETHICS; Subject Term: PHILOSOPHY; Subject Term: UNIVERSITIES & colleges; Author-Supplied Keyword: Applied ethics; Author-Supplied Keyword: Embedded ethicist; Author-Supplied Keyword: Ethical issues; Author-Supplied Keyword: Ethical parallel research; Author-Supplied Keyword: Legal issues; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Number of Pages: 13p; Document Type: Article
