Browsing by Subject "ethics"

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Dylematy etyczne i problemy metodologiczne warsztatu badacza na przykładzie badań prowadzonych w środowisku osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną oraz niepełnosprawnością fizyczną
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2016) Niedbalski, Jakub
Aim of the article is to consider ethical dilemmas and methodological problems, which a qualitative researcher becomes entangled in, taking up exploration of chosen spheres of social life. On one hand, these will be cases bases on research conducted in the environment of intellectually handicapped persons, and on the other I will refer to studies performed among the physically disabled. In the article I will try to provide liminal and ambiguous examples, which may become a trigger for further discussion. First of all they will be such situations, in which it is hard for a researcher to apply moral standards, without being afraid of violating them. Hence, the researcher is faced with a necessity to make difficult decisions and ambiguous choices, relating to that to what extent he can perform the research and realize the set goals, maintaining at the same time basic ethical standards.
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Mitigating central tendency and acquiescence biases in survey design: a methodological exploration with empirical evidence
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2024) Sabolić, Dubravko; Samuelson, Melissa Beran
This paper presents a survey design methodology aimed at mitigating central tendency and acquiescence biases, which are commonly encountered in traditional Likert-scale surveys. The proposed approach employs a forced ranking method, using a case study involving 220 engineering students at the University of Zagreb as a source of data to assess whether respondents exhibit patterns of systematically avoiding honest answers for any reason. Statistical analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of the design in reducing these biases. The results provide strong evidence that the method developed in this article can minimize response distortions without sacrificing data richness. While the primary focus is on the methodological aspects, the case study illustrates the potential of this approach for ethical and attitudinal research. The study concludes with recommendations for refining survey techniques and exploring their broader applicability in different populations and contexts.
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Sustainable development of information society: towards an ethics of information
(2012) Babik, Wiesław
In the information and knowledge society that we are building, we deal with a tremendous increase in the quantity and diversity of information. That condition also results from new information technologies which supply new, almost unlimited possibilities of creation, processing, storage, retrieval, and perception of information. The social flood of information constitutes a substrate of the information market where information becomes a commodity. That situation in the information society is a source of many problems related to the necessity of proper selection of information, information management and ethical responsibility on the part of information-process participants. This paper is a continuation of our considerations of the present day issues of the development of an information society, stressing the necessity of dealing with information ethics which concerns all human activities related to information, including cooperation in the transfer of technologies and innovations. We present here the object of that discipline, its tasks and the need to shape the ethical culture of all persons dealing with information.