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Ethical Issues in Social Network Analysis



Ethical issues that arise in collecting and analyzing social network data, particularly in organizational settings.

 

Topics

  • IRB approvals

Slides

 

Readings

  • R.L. Breiger, 2005. “Ethical Dilemmas in Social Network Research: Introduction to Special Issue,” Social Networks 27(2):pp. 88-93.
  • Borgatti, S.P. and Molina, J.L. 2005. Toward ethical guidelines for network research in organizations. Social Networks. 27(2): 107-117[pdf]
  • Borgatti, S.P. and Molina, J-L. 2003. Ethical and strategic issues in organizational network analysis. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 39(3): 337-350. [pdf]

Bibliography


Special Issue of Social Networks -- 27(2), 2005

  • R.L. Breiger, “Ethical Dilemmas in Social Network Research: Introduction to Special Issue,” pp. 88-93.

  • Rebecca Goolsby, “Ethics and Defense Agency Funding: Some Considerations,” pp. 95-106.

  • Stephen P. Borgatti and José-Luis Molina, “Toward Ethical Guidelines for Social Network Research in Organizations,” pp. 107-117.

  • Alden S. Klovdahl, “Social Network Research and Human Subjects Protection: Toward More Effective Infectious Disease Control,” pp. 119-137.

  • Charles Kadushin, “Who Benefits from Network Analysis: Ethics of Social Network Research,” pp. 139-153.

Other Papers

  • Woodhouse D E; Potterat J J; Rothenberg R B; Darrow W W; Klovdahl A S; Muth S Q
    Ethical and legal issues in social network research: the real and the ideal.
    NIDA research monograph 1995;151(
    ):131-43.

 

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