Being Ethical in a Context with Limited Ethics Oversight: A Study on Flooding Risk Management by Local Governments in India

  • Nidhi Subramanyam Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, USA
Keywords: local government policy, international development, research ethics, India
Language(s): English

Abstract

This case describes and reflects on ethical questions that we faced as we obtained permission to conduct research on local government policy implementation processes in India, which has no legal guidelines or REBs for ethical oversight of social science research. We focus on questions of voluntary consent and exposure to unintended risks, where, in this case, staff in local governments might feel coerced to participate based on the institutional permission to conduct research granted by their superiors.

Published
2018-02-16
How to Cite
[1]
Subramanyam N. Being Ethical in a Context with Limited Ethics Oversight: A Study on Flooding Risk Management by Local Governments in India. Can. J. Bioeth. 2018;1:37-9. https://doi.org/10.7202/1058314ar.