Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

• PART ONE: RESEARCH ETHICS AND THE IRB Research Ethics and IRBs The Research Protocol General Ethical Principles of Research on Humans PART TWO: BASIC ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH Voluntary Informed Consent and Debriefing Privacy Strategies For Assuring Confidentiality Deception Research PART THREE: RISK/BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Recognizing Elements of Risk Maximizing Benefit PART FOUR: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS Research on Children and Adolescents Community-Based Research on Vulnerable Urban Populations and AIDS PART FIVE: DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTOCOL Developing a Research Protocol

Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

• PART ONE: RESEARCH ETHICS AND THE IRB Research Ethics and IRBs The Research Protocol General Ethical Principles of Research on Humans PART TWO: BASIC ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH Voluntary Informed Consent and Debriefing Privacy Strategies For Assuring Confidentiality Deception Research PART THREE: RISK/BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Recognizing Elements of Risk Maximizing Benefit PART FOUR: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS Research on Children and Adolescents Community-Based Research on Vulnerable Urban Populations and AIDS PART FIVE: DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTOCOL Developing a Research Protocol

Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

• PART ONE: RESEARCH ETHICS AND THE IRB Research Ethics and IRBs The Research Protocol General Ethical Principles of Research on Humans PART TWO: BASIC ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH Voluntary Informed Consent and Debriefing Privacy Strategies For Assuring Confidentiality Deception Research PART THREE: RISK/BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Recognizing Elements of Risk Maximizing Benefit PART FOUR: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS Research on Children and Adolescents Community-Based Research on Vulnerable Urban Populations and AIDS PART FIVE: DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTOCOL Developing a Research Protocol