Often Social Scientists Are Employed Outside of the Academic or University

Multiple Choice

Often social scientists are employed outside of the academic or university setting. When working for a sponsor that has a keen interest in your research findings, which of the following scenarios is considered ethical?

A) An environmental sociologist agrees to include questionaire items on a survey that will shed a "positive" light on an environmental organization in exchange for access to study the members of the organization.
B) A social scientist working for a local school district does NOT report findings that show a decrease in student language comprehension after the school district implements a new language comprehension program.
C) A medical sociologist working for a drug company refuses to conduct a satisfaction study on patients taking a experimental drug selected by the drug company.
D) A community sociologist hired by a large corporation agrees NOT to publish an article that shows the corporation has had a negative impact on the local economy.