ETHICAL REVIEW IN SOCIAL SCIENCES. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MEMBER STATES?

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ETHICAL REVIEW IN SOCIAL SCIENCES. WHAT ARE THE
CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MEMBER STATES?
  Babes-Bolyai University Department of Medieval
History and Historiography Carmen Florea
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THE BACKGROUND

• 1ST MAY 2004
• CYPRUS
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• ESTONIA
• HUNGARY
• LATVIA
• LITHUANIA
• MALTA
• POLAND
• SLOVAKIA
• SLOVENIA

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THE NEW MEMBER STATES

• 1ST JANUARY 2007
• ROMANIA
• BULGARIA

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

• FOCUS ON THE STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS AND
  COMMUNITIES
• ANTHROPOLOGY
• SOCIOLOGY
• CULTURAL STUDIES
• LAW
• ECONOMICS
• HISTORY
• ETC.

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THE EUROPEAN CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

• DIGNITY
• FREEDOM
• EQUALITY
• SOLIDARITY
• CITIZENS RIGHTS
• JUSTICE

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ETHICAL AWARNESS

• NATIONAL ETHICS COUNCILS
• PROFESSIONAL CODES OF ETHICS
• THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR RESEARCHERS (ACADEMY OF
  SCIENCES OF CZECH REPUBLIC-2006)
• ETHICAL GUIDELINES (THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR
  PSYCHOTHERAPY)

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THE CHALLENGES

• METHODOLOGY
• INTERVIEWS, QUESTIONNAIRES, SURVEYS, CASE
  STUDIES
• INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

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THE ETHICAL CHALLENGES

• PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY
• OBTAINING CONSENT
• COLLECTING AND PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
• SHARING DATA
• PRIVACY

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THE ETHICAL CHALLENGES

• COLLABORATION
• REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN
• DISSEMINATION
• CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES, SEMINARS
• MEDIA, INTERNET, DOCUMENTARY FILMS etc.

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Ethical Review in Social Sciences. What Are the
Challenges for the New Member States?

• after creating Europe, we must now create
  Europeans
• Bronsilaw Geremek