Things to remember for ethics and codes:
Communal or General Good
• Potential Applications of Research • Anticipated and Unanticipated Consequences • Impact on Third Parties or the Environment • The Value of Knowledge • The Problem of Relevance
Academic Integrity and Responsibility to the Discipline
• The Pursuit of Objectivity • Integrity in Reporting Data and Findings • Acknowledging Sources • Conflicts of Interest • Supervisory Relationships
Safeguarding the Well-Being of Participants
• Protection from Physical Harm (Health and Safety) • Threats to Psychological Well-Being • Sensitive Issues and Traumatic Experiences • Intrusiveness
• Sensitivity to the Needs and Expectations of Participants • Psychological Impact on the Researcher
Research Participants and Informed Consent
• Collaborators, Participants or Subjects • Payment of Participants • Informing Consent • Active Consent
• Documenting Consent • Consent as Process not Event • The Right to Withdraw • Vulnerable Populations • Power Relationships and Exploitation • Neutrality and Maintaining the Role of Researcher • Participant-Research • Gatekeepers • Deception and Covert Research • Debriefing and Closure • Consent for Future Uses of Data
The Management of Data
• Secure Storage of Privileged Information • Managed Access to Data • Secondary Uses of DataDissemination
• Intellectual Property Rights • Cultural Copyright • Acknowledgment of Participants or Collaborators • Anonymity • Confidentiality • Visual Representations of Individuals or Social Groups • The Public Exhibition of Research Outcomes • Potential Harm to the Reputation of Participants or Third Parties • Material and Other Benefits from Research
Relating to An Echo in the Dark
While researching and making my film it is important that I remember ethics and codes. The issues I am tackling in my short film is a subject that a lot of people will have had contact with in the past and that is drug use. Whether taken some or knows people who has taken some illegal, non-prescription drugs have very much become a part of modern day culture in the united kingdom.
Issues I might face:
Sensitive issues and traumatic experiences: People may have been involved in such a subject or incident and it is important not to glamourise the events in anyway.While talking to people about their experiences it may mean talking about things that are against the law that make that person uncomfortable.
Drugs and firearms on the street. Using a firearm on the street is very dangerous. I am hoping to have a policeman who can help on set if there is any passers by who may believe a real drug deal is happening as opposed to one on film.
