Research ethics in an unethical world: the politics and morality of engaged research
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Morrison, C. and Sacchetto, D. 2018. Research ethics in an unethical world: the politics and morality of engaged research. Work, Employment and Society. 32 (6), pp. 1118-1129. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017726947
Type | Article |
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Title | Research ethics in an unethical world: the politics and morality of engaged research |
Authors | Morrison, C. and Sacchetto, D. |
Abstract | This article explores ethical dilemmas in researching the world of work. Recent contributions to WES have highlighted challenges for engaged research. Based on the emancipatory epistemologies of Bourdieu, Gramsci and Burawoy, the authors examine moral challenges in workplace fieldwork, question the assumptions of mainstream ethics discourses and seek to identify an alternative approach. Instead of an ethics premised on a priori, universal precepts that treasures academic neutrality, this article recognises a morality that responds to the social context of research with participation and commitment. The reflection in this study is based on fieldwork conducted in the former Soviet Union. Transformation societies present challenges to participatory ethnography but simultaneously provide considerable opportunities for developing an ethics of truth. An approach that can guide engaged researchers through social conflict’s ‘messy’ reality should hinge on loyalty to the emancipation struggles of those engaged in it. |
Research Group | Employment Relations group |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | Work, Employment and Society |
ISSN | 0950-0170 |
Electronic | 1469-8722 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 25 Oct 2017 |
01 Dec 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 14 Jul 2017 |
Accepted | 18 Jun 2017 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | Morrison, C., Sacchetto, D., Research ethics in an unethical world: the politics and morality of engaged research, Work, Employment and Society, 32(6), pp. 1118–1129. Copyright © 2017 (The Author(s)). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017726947 |
Language | English |
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