Van den Hoonaard reveals an idiosyncratic and inconsistent world in which researchers employ particular strategies of avoidance or partial or full compliance as they seek approval from ethics committees.

Will C. van den Hoonaard is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick.

Jim Thomas:

‘The Seduction of Ethics is an easily-read volume suitable for students, professionals, and even lay readers…The logic is flawless, the data are compelling, and – above-all the reader is left with a sense that things can be changed.’

Igor Gontcharov:

‘Van den Hoonaard offers a remarkable study from the methodological point of view… Hoonaard’s contribution to the debate on approaches to ethical governance in the social sciences demarcates a new stage.’

Zachary M. Schrag:
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