Internet research ethics

Internet research ethics involves the research ethics of Internet research, with an emphasis on scientific research carried out via the Internet.

Especially well-known to those interested in bioethics are the Belmont Principles ^{[http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm]} They provide a useful conceptual framework for consideration of issues in research ethics relevant to the protection of human subjects involved in biomedical or behavioral research. However, a principle-based approach is only one of a number of conceptual frameworks that are used to examine ethical issues. Others ^{[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_research#Internet_research_ethics]} include:

* Consequentialism (or Utilitarian ethics)
* Deontological ethics
* Ethics of care
* Virtue ethics
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source#Ethics Open source ethics]

The [http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire/index.html International Journal of Internet Research Ethics] (IJIRE) is a "peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated specifically to cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural research on Internet Research Ethics". No subscription is required. The first issue of the IJIRE appeared in January, 2008.

References

*Berry, David M. (2004). Internet Research: Privacy, Ethics and Alienation - An Open Source Approach. The Journal of Internet Research, 14(4) [http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/berry2.pdf PDF, 105 KB] . Emphasis on Internet research ethics within the larger context of " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source#Ethics open-source ethics] ".
*Gunther Eysenbach and James Till. [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/323/7321/1103 Ethical issues in qualitative research on Internet communities] . BMJ 2001(10 November); 323(7321): 1103-1105. Emphasis on a perspective from the biomedical and health sciences.
* Charles Ess and the [http://www.www3.aoir.org/ AoIR] ethics working committee of the Association of Internet Researchers ( [http://www.www3.aoir.org/ AoIR] ). Provides access to the Ethics Working Committee document on Internet research ethics that was approved by voting members of the AoIR on November 27 2002 [http://www.aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf PDF, 330 KB] .
* [http://www.webcitation.org/5ZTu7SLjp Internet Research Ethics: Introduction] . An introduction, by Charles Ess, to papers that emerged from a panel presentation organized for a conference held at Lancaster University on December 14- December 16 2001, building on the efforts of the Ethics Working Committee of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). Emphasis on perspectives of researchers and scholars in the social sciences and humanities.
* [http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/intres/main.htm Ethical and Legal Aspects of Human Subjects Research in Cyberspace] . Provides access to a report of a workshop held in Washington DC on June 10- June 11 1999 [http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/intres/report.pdf PDF, 65 KB] . Includes useful references to the earlier literature.

ee also

*List mining