Keywords
research
human geography
socio-economic geography
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Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to provoke continuous discussion on ethical issues related to conducting social research in geography. The main issues in this article are presented in form of literature review about ethics of research practice. The author first discusses general issues concerning the understanding of ethical standards in science and their codification. In second part of this paper author discuss examples of ethical dilemmas taking into account the specific of human geography and the dynamics resulting from the development of new technologies. Presented arguments provoke to conclusion that because of complexity of ethical issues there is no possibility to resolve them only by following set of codified rules or principles. The only way to conduct ethical research is through deeper reflection, continuous exchange of experience and discussion between researchers.
Funding
Projekty 2018/31/B/HS4/00059 oraz 2017/25/N/HS4/00018 finansowanych ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki w Krakowie.
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