The Section, "What Is the Truth-Statistics and Applied Social Research-Useful

question 113

Essay

The section, "What Is The Truth-Statistics and Applied Social Research-Useful or Abuseful'?" p. 512, raises some important issues. After reading that section, please answer the following questions.
a. Do you think it ethical if social scientists with strong political views go out deliberately and do research biasing their questionnaires so that data will confirm their political views? How do you justify your answer?
b. If an organization conducts socially relevant research and the findings turn out to be against the interest of the organization, does the company have the moral obligation to inform the public? How do you justify for your answer?
c. Do drug companies have an ethical responsibility to report the outcomes of experiments they fund involving their drugs when the outcomes show their product to be inferior or no better than competing drugs? How do you justify your answer?

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