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Research ethics in correspondence testing : an update
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Research ethics, 2019, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 1-21
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ZSCHIRNT, Eva, Research ethics in correspondence testing : an update, Research ethics, 2019, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 1-21 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/65717
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Correspondence testing to research discrimination in the marketplace has become common and the use of internet applications has allowed researchers to send greater numbers of applications. While questions of research ethics always arise when planning a correspondence test, the issue receives relatively little attention in published correspondence tests. This paper addresses the question of ethics in correspondence testing in the age of ready internet access. It focusses on the ethical issues that arise in correspondence testing, looking at potential problems (regarding voluntary participation, informed consent, deception, entrapment of employers, employers’ rights) and possible solutions, and technical challenges. European country examples show that the ethical questions raised in correspondence testing have to be renegotiated depending on the national context. The paper argues that correspondence testing, if planned carefully and executed responsibly, can meet most of the ethical requirements of Social Science ethics guidelines.