Seduction of Ethics

Will C. van den Hoonaard is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick.

‘The Seduction of Ethics is a powerful, combined-arms assault on the system of ethics review of the social sciences.’ - Zachary M. Schrag (Contemporary Sociology; vol 41:05:2012) ‘Van den Hoonaard offers a remarkable study from the methodological point of view… Hoonaard’s contribution to the debate on approaches to ethical governance in the social sciences demarcates a new stage.’- Igor Gontcharov (Transnational legal Theory, vol 4:01:2013) ‘The Seduction of Ethics  is an easily-read volume suitable for students, professionals, and even lay readers…The logic is flawless, the data are compelling, and – above-all the reader is left with a sense that things can be changed.’- Jim Thomas (Symbolic Interaction, Online - February 2014) ‘Seduction of Ethics is grounded in a solid theoretical and conceptual framework. The logic is flawless, the data are compelling, and above all the reader is left with a sense that things can be changed.’ - Jim Thomas (Symbolic Interaction, vol 37:02:2014)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsFigures and Tables INTRODUCTIONPremise of The Seduction of EthicsIgnorance and ScholarshipThe Scholarship on the Metabolism of Research-Ethics ReviewConceptual SchemeResearch Methods  Outline of The Seduction of EthicsAN ARCHEOLOGY OF RESEARCH-ETHICS REVIEWOutside the Ethics Regime: What Drives the System of Ethics Review? Inside the System: Institutionalization of Research-Ethics ReviewTHE CRITICISMS OF RESEARCH-ETHICS REVIEWDoes the Ethics Regime Offer an Inappropriate Model for Social Science Research? Is Research Ethics Strangling Legitimate Research? Does Ethics Review Curtail Academic Freedom?Are Ethics Committees Bureaucracies?Does Ethics Review Develop and Maintain the Hegemony of Ethics Committees?Attempts to Negotiate the Two Worlds and Transcend the Criticisms: The Perspectives of Ethics CommitteesWHAT IS THE NORMATIVE ETHICS FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL RESEARCHERS?   The ‘Subject’ in International and National Research-Ethics CodesBursting the Contemporary Ethics Bubble: Three Case Studies STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF RESEARCH-ETHICS COMMITTEESEthics Committees as Part of the UniversityMembershipJurisdictional Power and IndependenceWorkloadTHE MORAL COSMOLOGY OF THE ETHICS-REVIEW WORLDAbout ThemselvesAbout Researchers About Research ParticipantsPROCEDURAL ROUTINES: THE APPLICATION FORM AND THE CONSENT FORMThe Application Form The Consent Form  THE MEETING: MAKING AGENDAS AND DECISIONSAttendance and MembershipThe Career of the AgendaParadigms and Perspectives that Shape the Conversation about EthicsMaking Decisions without PrinciplesAN IDIOSYNCRATIC AND INCONSISTENTWORLD: COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN REBS AND RESEARCHERSInterpretation as the Basis of Idiosyncrasies and Inconsistencies Communications to Researchers/Language of (Dis)approvalContentLanguageREB Communications inside the Larger Context of the Ethics RegimeTHE UNDERLIFE OF RESEARCH-ETHICS REVIEW: PREPARING AN APPLICATIONThe ‘Hurt Perspective’The Researcher’s Moral CareerWarming up (or Not) to Submitting the ProposalPreparing for the ‘News’SECONDARY ADJUSTMENTS BY RESEARCHERSReactions by Researchers to Ethics ReviewsApplying Secondary AdjustmentsThe Social Situation of Students in the Ethics-Review ProcessTHE BELEAGUERED METHODSGeneral Considerations about Redirecting ResearchThe Declining Use of Particular MethodsON THEORY, TOPICS, AND FAVOURED  METHODS