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BIO 416: Biomedical Research Ethics Min Assignment 4:
BIO 416: Biomedical Research Ethics Min Assignment 4: Using ethical tests
NOTE This is an optional make up assignment. If you missed another assignment, and only if you missed another assignment. This will not count as extra credit if you've done all your other assignments.
This mini assignment involves partial analysis of a case. For your response, make an argument that answers the question following the case.
Case 1
Dr. Ray Grove is a medical school faculty nutritionist who is conducting a survey on the consumption of "fast food" by high school juniors and seniors. The study population will come from nine high schools that are part of a city school district. Dr. Grove has filed a human-use protocol with his medical school's IRB. The protocol is given expedite review and fails under PHS exempt category 5 (research involving survey procedures). With his IRB approval in hand, Dr. Grove is ready to start his research when the superintendent of the school district, Gordon Ashe, calls him. Mr. Ashe wants his district to help Dr. Grove as much as possible in his research. He suggests Dr. Grove include a statement at the beginning of his study stating that the study has the full support of the city school district. Mr. Ashe wants to advertise his cooperativeness to his peer school districts. Moreover, he tells Dr. Grove that this statement will read like a "seal of approval," maximizing participation in the study. Dr. Grove knows that if he modifies his survey he will have to have it reviewed again by the IRB, thus delaying the start of his research. He makes a counter proposal to Mr. Ashe, asking him to prepare a one-page announcement that delivers the school district's message of support for the project. Dr. Grove suggests that this be printed on bright yellow paper and that it be stapled to the survey instrument when it is distributed to the students. Mr. Ashe finds this proposal acceptable and prepares the announcement.
Which, if either, course of action is ethically allowed and/or preferable? Use at least two of Michael Davis's ethical tests in your argument.
1 Francis L. Macrina, Scientific Integrity: Text and Cases in Responsible Conduct of Research. 3rd ed. (Washington, D.C: ASM Press, 2005), 116-7.
Davis: Ethical tests2
• Harm test. Does this option do less harm than any alternative?
• Publicity test. Would I want my choice of this option published in the newspaper?
• Reversibility test. Would I still think the choice of this option good if I were one of those adversely affected by it?
• Rights test. Would I be violating someone's human rights?
• Virtue test. What would I become if I choose this option often?
• Professional test. What might my profession's ethics committee say about this option?
• Colleague test. What would my colleagues say when I describe my problem and suggest this option as my solution?
• Organization test. What does the organization's ethics officer or legal counsel say about this?
