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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:29:03 CST
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- Subject: ethics
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- if you are secretly observing people in a restroom I think you've got
- a clear ethical problem -- related to legal concepts of privacy not
- to univeristy ethics committees. There have been lawsuits (some successful,
- some not) in exactly this sitution. Some of the secret observers have been
- doing so for voyeristic reasons, some for security reasons (such as retail
- stores) and some for law enforcement reasons (morals squads in parks).
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- if you are making the observations in a restroom that has sinks which are
- clearly seperate from the toilet area then it might be a different situation.
- But, if the urinals or toilets are observable (whether you are lookin or not)
- then I'd stay away from any research of this nature. I think you might have
- a hard time convincing a jury that any potential benefits to science override
- a citizens concern for privacy --- gary carson
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