This depends also on the law in the country. In mine (Sweden), formally - if you aim at doing research which influences people you are actually required to do so....although there is sort of a gray zone, and I think many more design oriented researchers neglect this. Even so, the ethical basics like informed consent etc I think is a matter of respect towards your test persons - and it certainly doesn't hurt to stop to consider possible ethical aspects of your research:-)
Best wishes,
/Charlotte
Charlotte Magnusson
Associate Professor
Certec, Division of Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Department of Design Sciences
Lund University Lund Sweden
tel +46 46 222 4097
fax +46 46 222 4431
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From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of G. Mauricio Mejia
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Subject: IRB protocols
Dear list members,
I am a graduate student and I did a research for my master's thesis observing the interaction between human subjects and design objects. I got IRB protocol approval (ethics protocol for research with human subjects). I've heard that some think that we design researchers shouldn't request that because we are looking at the interaction not at the human behavior. I ask for your opinions about whether or not design researchers should request IRB protocol approvals.
Best,
G. Mauricio Mejía
Assistant professor Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
Master of Design student University of Cincinnati, USA
http://mejia.disenovisual.com
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