Question

Discuss the ethical implications on the topic by conducting a research - Does money make you mean?

Answer 1

Implications refer to the repercussions that follow an action. Whereas, ethics are the moral principles that govern a person's behavior.

Researches on "Does money make you mean" can be traced in Paul Piff's work who is a social psychologist, he conducted researches on the impact of wealth on human behavior. His work emphasized on how being wealthy or not being wealthy can impact the behavior of an individual.

The researches related to given topic suggest that if we observe people playing a game in which one player is getting richer whereas the other one is not rich, the rich person explicit more risk taking behavior, more power, happier and they tend to describe their success more.

If we look at the hierarchy of the society, as money increases, people's feeling of compassion and empathy decreases and their self-interest and feeling of entitlement increases. Also, rich people exhibit less pro-social behavior, cheating behavior increases etc.

Ethical implications related to the topic can "Does money make you mean" be :

Informed consent- The participant's consent should be taken before the conduction of research.

Information to the participants- Participants should be provided with necessary information related to the research which do not influence the research and discuss the probable risk in the research.

Confidentiality- Confidentiality of the participants must be maintained so that the personal information is not breached.

Debriefing- After the conduction of research, the participant must be debriefed to ensure that the participants haven't gone through any kind of physical or emotional harm, they can withdraw their results if they wish to and they should be aware about the aims of the research.

Right to withdraw- In this research, it is necessary to brief the participants about the right to withdraw as they can withdraw if they go through any discomfort, feel their personal information is breached or any other reason.