Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each project decision: ethical practice or red flag?
Groups: Ethical practice · Red flag
- Local co-researchers credited and paid
- Consent renegotiated when the study changes scope
- Success declared by the funder, no independent evaluation
- Findings shared back with the community first
- Informant lists handed to a security agency
- "They’ll thank us later" replacing consultation
Hints
- The pattern behind every problem is who holds the pen.
- Ethical practice keeps consent live and credit shared.
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Ethical practice: Consent renegotiated when the study changes scope, Findings shared back with the community first, Local co-researchers credited and paid
Red flag: Informant lists handed to a security agency, "They’ll thank us later" replacing consultation, Success declared by the funder, no independent evaluation
Why
The pattern behind every red flag: someone other than the community holds the pen. Ethical practice keeps consent live, credit shared, and evaluation independent.
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