Discussion: Ethics in Research

Ethics Discussion Board Prompt

After watching the film “Miss Evers’ Boys” identify two ethical dilemmas that faced the characters in the movie. Describe the ethical dilemmas and the ethical principles involved. Describe how the experiment violated the American Nurses Association ([ANA], 2015) code of ethics by identifying one provision from the code that was violated. If you had been involved with the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, what would you have done differently to protect human subjects? Why did you choose this specific change: i.e., what benefit could it have provided?

Discussion Board Instructions

Purpose

Weekly discussions are designed to promote dialogue and learning between faculty and students, and students and their peers. They are designed to stimulate the dialogue which would normally take place in a traditional classroom setting. Participation in the discussion board is an opportunity for each student to demonstrate knowledge of the course content.

In each discussion, students will achieve the following objectives:

• Demonstrate an understanding of each week’s concepts and content.
• Integrate scholarly resources.
• Engage in a meaningful dialogue with classmates and the professor.
• Express opinions and evidence clearly and logically, in a professional manner.

Requirements

Discussions must be comprehensive, scholarly, and follow APA guidelines.

Initial posts should be made by 11:59 PM on Wednesday of each week to give fellow classmates the opportunity to comment on your posting by Sunday of that same week.

In order to receive full credit, all students must:

• Post a minimum of two (2) substantive posts for each graded discussion: one (1) initial post and one (1) follow-up post.
• Initial posts and response posts CANNOT be made on the same day. These are designed to show active participation throughout the week.

What is a “substantive post”?

A substantive discussion post is one that is well-developed, demonstrates relevance to the topic, and reflects the student’s understanding of the course material. Substantive posts demonstrate synthesis of the subject matter and extend the discussion by building on previous posts.

• Initial posts must be a minimum of 500 words and contain at least 2 scholarly sources, one of which may be your textbook.
• Peer response posts must be between 150 and 200 words and contain at least 1 scholarly source, which may or may not be the text.
• Response posts limited to such generalities as “I agree,” “great post” or “Thank you” are not considered to be substantive and will grade a zero (0).

A note on sources

Only scholarly sources are acceptable in graduate-level discussion posts and must be properly cited according to APA 7th edition.

• Acceptable sources include peer-reviewed publications, government reports, or sources written by a professional or scholar in the field. Wikipedia, .com websites, or blogs are not acceptable. When using internet sources, only reputable websites by government agencies (.gov) or respected organizations (.org) will be considered to be scholarly sources.