TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical and Strategic Issues in Organizational Social Network Analysis
AU - Molina Gonzalez, Jose Luis
PY - 2003/9/1
Y1 - 2003/9/1
N2 - In addition to all the usual ethical problems that can arise with any kind of inquiry, network analyses, by their very nature, introduce special ethical problems that should be recognized. This paper delineates some of these problems, distinguishing between problems that arise in purely academic studies and those that arise in managerial practice settings. In addition, the paper raises the long-term question of whether the use of network analysis for making managerial decisions will make collecting valid network data impossible in the future, seriously harming the academic field of social network research. The paper concludes with a short set of principles intended to form the basis for a set of guidelines designed to safeguard participants in social network studies and protect the long term viability of the network research enterprise. © 2003, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
AB - In addition to all the usual ethical problems that can arise with any kind of inquiry, network analyses, by their very nature, introduce special ethical problems that should be recognized. This paper delineates some of these problems, distinguishing between problems that arise in purely academic studies and those that arise in managerial practice settings. In addition, the paper raises the long-term question of whether the use of network analysis for making managerial decisions will make collecting valid network data impossible in the future, seriously harming the academic field of social network research. The paper concludes with a short set of principles intended to form the basis for a set of guidelines designed to safeguard participants in social network studies and protect the long term viability of the network research enterprise. © 2003, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
KW - ethics
KW - institutional review boards
KW - organization
KW - social networks
U2 - 10.1177/0021886303258111
DO - 10.1177/0021886303258111
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-8863
VL - 39
SP - 337
EP - 349
JO - The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
JF - The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
IS - 3
ER -