Book Publishers Association of Alberta

Based on decades of research, advocacy, and engagement with research ethics policy at all levels, Will C. van den Hoonaard chronicles the negative influence of medical research-ethics frameworks on social science research-ethics policies. He argues that the root causes of the current ethics disorder in the social sciences are the aggressive audit culture in universities and the privilege accorded to medical research-ethics. Van den Hoonaard recovers the unique history of research ethics in sociology and anthropology and provides an overview of proposals to remedy the situation. He advocates for embedding covenantal ethics in the professional training of researchers in the social sciences.