Week 5 - Assignment: Interpret the History of Research Ethics

This week, you will prepare a video presentation with Kaltura and PowerPoint or just an audio presentation with PowerPoint. To access the Kaltura capture tool, follow the tutorial found in your Books and Resources for this Week.

Assume you are invited as a guest lecturer for an undergraduate business class. You must help your audience understand the historical context leading up to present-day debates about proper research practices.

Begin by conducting a historical analysis of the present-day debate on research ethics. Include the following in your lecture:

• Explain why and how current research ethics have developed, as well as what ethical concerns have emerged.

• Explore how these have been addressed and regulated.

• Explain why and how current ethics in research developed by using at least two or three of the following cases as examples:

  • Case 1: Yellow fever

  • Case 2: Nazi experiments

  • Case 3: Japanese experiments

  • Case 4: Streptomycin

  • Case 5: Polio vaccine

  • Case 6: Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital

  • Case 7: Willowbrook

  • Case 8: Tuskegee

  • Case 9: HIV research

  • Case 10: Gelsinger case

  • Case 11: Henri Beecher

  • Case 12: Ethics Commission

• For each case example, determine significant aspects that influenced the development of research ethics. Predict whether a similar case could occur again today and explain why.

Support your video or PowerPoint lecture with a minimum of 5 scholarly resources. You should have between 100-150 words in the notes area of each slide and must include a transcript for your lecture. Your submission for the week should include:

a. A link to or copy of your video presentation, your PowerPoint presentation, and the transcript of your lecture,

or

b. A copy of your PowerPoint presentation (with embedded audio) and the transcript of your lecture.

Video Length: 5-7 minutes in total.

Your video or audio lecture should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.