clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (02/10/91)
>In article <1991Feb5.223437.14710@kodak.kodak.com> crassi@kodak.kodak.com (Charlie Crassi) writes: >Dr. Shea was doing what I understand was a psychological profile >study of the personality types who try to become as someone who >replied to his article put it so nicely, "Net.Gods", and their >minions. "Dr"? Where was the approval from a human experimentation review committee? Where was the informed consent? Where was the analysis of statistical validity? Where was the analysis of experimental worth? Actively experimenting (as opposed to passively monitoring) without prior informed consent from the profilee and a review committee is professionally unethical *and* highly illegal. The man should have his license suspended or even revoked permanently, and perhaps should even face some criminal charges. Further, impugning someone's reputation and possibly affecting his future livelihood for an unconsented-to psychological experiment is totally irresponsible and reprehensible - he should have his pants sued off. "Deprival of livelihood" attempts are viewed very dimly by the courts, and the settlements are often quite large (100's of K and *up*). Explanations and apologies afterwards are inadequate (not that "Dr." Shea has made any), and would hardly addresses the fact that he violated the ethics of his own profession. >Make it by hard work and education, the American Dream ! "Net.Gods" make it through hard work and service to the net over many years. The fact that "Dr." Shea "made it" through lies, deceit and betrayal of what he had sworn to uphold doesn't fill me with any great admiration for psychologists (or "The American Dream" for that matter). -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Internet: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: uunet!mitel!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: (ferret-request@eci386); Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386, current patchlevel is *7*.