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Beasts of the field? Ethics in agricultural and applied economics

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ID11929237
AuthorsAke Josephson (0000-0001-6739-7442, University of Arizona), Jeffrey D Michler (0000-0001-7778-8703, University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume79
Pages1-11
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFood Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-9192 • E-ISSN: 1873-5657
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.08.001
OpenAlexW2889019793
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited56

Ongoing changes to research practices and recent media attention to agricultural and applied economics have raised new ethical problems, but also created opportunities for new solutions. In this paper, we discuss ethical issues facing the profession and propose potential ways in which the field can address these issues. We divide our discussion into two topics. First are ethical issues that arise during the collection, management and analysis of data. Second are ethical issues faced by researchers as they formulate, fund, and disseminate their research. We pay special attention to issues of data dredging or p-hacking and potential ethical issues arising from interaction with the media

Agriculture · Dissemination · Economics · Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Field (mathematics · Management science · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience · Engineering · Law

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