Ethics in FieldworkThe obligations that outlast the study, and where they conflict with each other.SociologyPrinciples first, then the conflicts they run into.ObligationsInformed, voluntary, revocable consent.Confidentiality, and anonymity where promised.No avoidable harm, including after publication.Extra care where power is unequal.Honest reporting of methods and funding.Secure storage; a plan for the data's end.Where they collideConsent versus a setting that closes on request.Anonymity versus a site identifiable from detail.Confidence versus disclosure of serious harm.Participant wishes versus unflattering findings.Openness versus the funder's contract.Group consent versus one member's refusal.Educational reference, not legal or ethics-committee advice. Milgram,Zimbardo and Humphreys are the standard cautionary cases.Ethics in Fieldworklearnposters.com
Ethics in Fieldwork — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Ethics in Fieldwork poster

12 entries in 2 groups.

Principles first, then the conflicts they run into.

Educational reference, not legal or ethics-committee advice. Milgram, Zimbardo and Humphreys are the standard cautionary cases.

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What’s on the Ethics in Fieldwork poster?
12 entries in 2 groups. Principles first, then the conflicts they run into. Obligations: Informed, voluntary, revocable consent., Confidentiality, and anonymity…; Where they collide: Consent versus a setting that closes on request., Anonymity versu…. Educational reference, not legal or ethics-committee advice. Milgram, Zimbardo and Humphreys are the standard cautionary cases.
Who is the Ethics in Fieldwork poster for?
Ethics in Fieldwork belongs to the Sociology section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning research methods can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Ethics in Fieldwork poster?
At design stage, and again whenever the field throws up something unplanned. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Ethics in Fieldwork belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Ethics in Fieldwork?
Claiming a Cause, Coding Qualitative Data and Ethnography sit alongside Ethics in Fieldwork in the Sociology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Claiming a CauseCoding Qualitative DataEthnography
Is the Ethics in Fieldwork poster free to download and print?
Yes. Ethics in Fieldwork downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Sociology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Ethics in Fieldwork poster print at?
Ethics in Fieldwork is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Ethics in Fieldwork loses nothing.Printing guide

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