Arguments Against The Aaa's Code Of Ethics

Cultural anthropologists must maintain a certain ethical demeanor when conducting fieldwork. This type of investigation engages anthropologists in long-term interaction with various societies, allowing them to participate in everyday routines with these people. Through this, they gain information and get a better understanding of the population’s culture. Ethical concerns arise in this type of study, for there are rules that must be followed when engaging in fieldwork. In addition, anthropologists have responsibilities to the people they study. They must receive informed consent before making any observations, as well as promise anonymity and fair representation to the society. At time, these rules are not followed, and this compromises the

Many of the social scientists employed are young, recent graduates from both undergraduate and graduate programs. These teams of social scientists have been recognized for decreasing civilian and military causalities, as well as making the U.S military, overall, more effective (Social Scientists and the Human Terrain System”, 2013). As was previously stated, the researches these ethnographers do are unacceptable when they specifically violate the AAA’s code of ethics. Some are not able to identity themselves as anthropologists and lie about the real reasons for their collaboration. They may also have obligations that go against the code of ethics with conflict to “do no harm” responsibility, the HTS doe not have governmental procedures to assure participant safety or data security, which does not guarantee protection for the researcher (Social Scientists and the Human Terrain System”, 2013). While a Defense Department was willing to reexamine the program’s ethical framework, it was still noted that, “To the extent to which it relies on misshapen forms of fieldwork, which is really the core of what it’s doing, it cannot be salvaged” (Kolowich, 2009). Nonetheless, the anthropologists enrolled in the military can educate other militia on the cultures and behaviours of the studied population, which in turn can accurately make a difference in the resulting actions by the U.S. Though some also think that this link with anthropologists and the military can corrupt