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Activity Number:
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58
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #307423 |
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Title:
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Going beyond the Law: Ethical Aspects of Privacy in Surveys
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Author(s):
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Gerald Gates*+ and Pamela White*+ and Jeffery Rodamar*+
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and Statistics Canada and U.S. Department of Education
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Address:
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4700 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD, 20233, 120 Parkdale Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6, Canada 3830 39th Street, NW F114, Washington, DC, 20016,
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Keywords:
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ethics ; privacy ; informed consent ; human subjects protection
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Abstract:
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This session highlights the important role for ethics in the program decisions of statistical agencies. Legal mandates direct how information is collected and protected, but often there are gray areas subject to interpretation and discretion. In today's technologically advanced environment, it is even more imperative that agencies consider ethics in a range of survey and census issues. Panelists will address aspects of the role of professional ethics through the survey lifecycle with a particular focus on privacy considerations. They will look at the ethical dimensions of important decisions such as deciding what information to collect, the nature of informed consent, and the rules on employee access to identified data.
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- The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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