A great deal of learning about ethics is based on famous cases.
Which of the following was a famous
case in which poor black men were not treated but allowed to become disabled and permanently harmed in a
Public Health Service study administered by the U.S. federal government?
A) Milgram Obedience Experiment
B) Bad Blood
C) Tearoom Trade
D) Jury Study
When asking questionnaire items, a survey interviewer should
A) ask all the easy questions first, skipping questions that the respondent is slow to answer and then return
to difficult questions later.
B) summarize and reword what respondent says in response to an open-ended question, so that it is a more
meaningful answer.
C) react with a verbal response (e.g., Yes, Oh no That's a good answer) after the respondent answers a
question to show interest.
D) ask each question for the respondent, even if it seems that the respondent has been asked about the topic
already.
Often social scientists are employed outside of the academic or university setting. When working for a
sponsor that has a keen interest in your research findings, which of the following scenarios is considered
ethical?
A) An environmental sociologist agrees to include questionaire items on a survey that will shed a
positive light on an environmental organization in exchange for access to study the members of the
organization.
B) A social scientist working for a local school district does NOT report findings that show a decrease in
student language comprehension after the school district implements a new language comprehension
program.
C) A medical sociologist working for a drug company refuses to conduct a satisfaction study on patients
taking a experimental drug selected by the drug company.
D) A community sociologist hired by a large corporation agrees NOT to publish an article that shows the
corporation has had a negative impact on the local economy.
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