Why informed consent is important in research using human subjects.
Informed consent is a voluntary agreement, letting the subject know the risks and what is going to be done. This form lets the subject know the process so they can make an informed decision.
Describe the benefits of following the norms for expected behavior in science.
Basic concepts of norms; universalism, communism, disinterestedness and organized skepticism. (Science Blogs, January 29, 2008)
Universalism; shared goal of body of knowledgement about the world, all scientists are engaged in. anyone can be a scientist, your work is not based on the man but the work itself.
Communism; establishing a finding, becomes a public knowledge and can be used to build on. Ownership of goods.
Disinterestedness; people are not doing science just for the big bucks. A person taking an idea and exploiting other people’s thinking of the claim, for their own benefit. Conducting their work without bias.
Organized skepticism; this concepts involves both universalism and disinterestedness. With the organized skepticism, personal gain can come into effect. Skepticism claims exposed to critical scrutiny. Holding judgment till all facts are in.
Describe the consequences of not following the norms for expected behavior in
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Informing your subjects in an experiment is very important. The subject should be told of his or her rights, the purpose of the experiments, risk and benefits and the length of time that the experiment will take. It is your obligation to give the subject these rights. Put into place are scientific norms that all should be following, without following the norms could lead to lying, falsifying information or documents and could put the human in harm’s way. By not getting informed consent you could be damaging your study when something comes up later as an issue. Some benefits of following the norms are; other scientist will look to your work in high