Revisiting the Belmont Report’s ethical principles in internet-mediated research: perspectives from disciplinary associations in the social sciences

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dc.contributor.authorAnabo, Icy Fresno
dc.contributor.authorElexpuru Albizuri, Iciar
dc.contributor.authorVillardón Gallego, Lourdes
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-06T09:42:12Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06T09:42:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-15
dc.date.updated2024-11-06T09:42:12Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to illuminate the conceptualisations and applications of the Belmont Report’s key ethical principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice based on a document analysis of five of the most relevant disciplinary guidelines on internet research in the social sciences. These seminal documents are meant to provide discipline-specific guidance for research design and implementation and are regarded as key references when conducting research online. Our analysis revealed that the principles of respect and beneficence were explicitly conveyed in the documents analysed, offering nuanced interpretations on issues of informed consent, privacy, and benefits and risks as well as providing recommendations for modifying traditional practices to fit the online setting. However, the invocations of the principle of justice were rather implicit and reflect an important shift from the Belmont Report’s protectionist ethical position towards more situational and dialogic approaches. With the rapidly evolving nature of internet technologies, this analysis is projected to contribute to the ongoing developments in research ethics in the social sciences by outlining the tensions and implications of the use of the internet as a methodological tool. We also seek to provide recommendations on how disciplinary associations can proceed to facilitate ethically sensitive internet research.en
dc.identifier.citationAnabo, I. F., Elexpuru-Albizuri, I., & Villardón-Gallego, L. (2019). Revisiting the Belmont Report’s ethical principles in internet-mediated research: perspectives from disciplinary associations in the social sciences. Ethics and Information Technology, 21(2), 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10676-018-9495-Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/S10676-018-9495-Z
dc.identifier.issn1572-8439
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/1661
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2018
dc.subject.otherBelmont Report
dc.subject.otherDigital research ethics
dc.subject.otherEthics guidelines for internet research
dc.subject.otherInternet research ethics
dc.subject.otherOnline research ethics
dc.titleRevisiting the Belmont Report’s ethical principles in internet-mediated research: perspectives from disciplinary associations in the social sciencesen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage149
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.startPage137
oaire.citation.titleEthics and Information Technology
oaire.citation.volume21
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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