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AltaMira Press, Date: 2002-12-24. Hardcover. Like New. 2002. AltaMira Press ISBN 0759103372 9780759103375 [US]

ISBN10: 0759103372, ISBN13: 9780759103375, [publisher: Altamira Press, California] Hardcover Hardcover. This revised second edition of "Ethics and the Profession of Anthropology" renews the challenge to anthropologists to engage in a dialogue concerning their commitment to professional ethical conduct. Containing over 50% new material, this edition redefines what it means to conduct anthropological research ethically, as the discipline becomes less isolated from allied fields in the physical and behavioural sciences and comes to terms with the global changes that affect its practice. Fluehr-Lobban provides an overview of ethical issues for the past 110 years, as a series of crises involving clandestine research and other questionable actions by anthropologists drew attention to the need for maintaining the ethical core of the discipline and a code of professional responsibility. The contributors describe the impact of secret research and intelligence work by academics, the ethics of medical work among indigenous people, the evolution of cyber-ethics and changes that have occurred within archaeology and museums as a result of the 1990 NAGPRA repatriation legislation and the empowerment of native traditions. The chapters and cases are pedagogical devices useful for classroom discussion, for providing a model for integrating ethics education at all levels of instruction and for engaging the communities studied. It is a valuable tool for contemporary researchers ...
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Altamira Press 2002 2nd ed. Hard cover New Presents the challenge to anthropologists to engage in a dialogue concerning their commitment to professional ethical conduct. This title redefines what it means to conduct anthropological research ethically, as the discipline comes to terms with the global changes that affect its practice. Editor(s): Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliog, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567. 2002. 2 Rev ed. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.