Yes / Research ethics review by ethics committees has grown in importance since the end of the Nuremberg trials in 1949. However, ethics committees have come under increasing criticisms either for been ‘toothless or too fierce’ (Fistein & Quilligan, 2012:224). This paper
presents a personal account of my experience in obtaining ethical approval for my PhD study
from a UK university and the ethical dilemmas encountered in the fieldwork in Ghana. In this
paper I question whether strict adherence to ethical guidelines developed from western
perspectives is useful in conducting research in non-western societies. As more academics are
increasingly been mandated to undertake international research, the paper argues for more flexibility in the ethical approval process to accommodate cultural differences.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/9065 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Adu-Gyamfi, Jones |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Journal Article |
| Rights | © 2015 Digital Scholarship @ Texas Southern University. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
| Relation | http://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/assr/vol7/iss1/3/ |
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