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Book SynopsisThis 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 a majority of new chapters, the authors redefine what it means to conduct anthropological research ethically in a discipline that is now less isolated from allied fields in the physical and behavioral sciences and coming to terms with the global changes that affect its practice. Fluehr-Lobban provides an overview of issues from the past 110 years, drawing attention to the need for maintaining the ethical core of the discipline and a code of professional responsibility. The contributors describe a series of crises in the discipline involving clandestine research and other questionable actions by anthropologists, including secret research and intelligence work by academics; the ethical problems of medical work among native people; the evolution of cyber-ethics; and the changing rela
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Ethics and Professionalism 1890-2000: A Review of Crises, Issues, and Principles within Anthropology Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Anthropology Sub-Rosa, The CIA, the AAA and the Ethical Problems Inherent in Secret Research Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Ethics versus "Realism" in Anthropology: Redux Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Darkness in El Dorado: Research Ethics Then and Now Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Nagged by NAGPRA: Is there an Archaeological Ethic? Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Repatriation of Indigenous Hawaiian Cultural Property by the City of Providence: A Case Study in Politics and Applied Law Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Statement regarding the Ki i La Au Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Commentary Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Informed Consent in Anthropology: We are not Exempt Chapter 11 Chapter 8: An Ethics for an Anthropology in and of Cyberspace Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Teaching Anthropological Ethics at the University of South Carolina: An Example of Critical Ethical Dialogues across Communities Chapter 13 Chapter 10: The Dialogue Continues: Ethics and Anthropology in the Twenty-first Century: Toward a New Professional Ethics Chapter 14 Appendix A: American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics, 1998 Chapter 15 Appendix B: Archaeological Institute of America, Code of Ethics, amended 1997 Chapter 16 Appendix C: Society for Applied Anthropology, 1983 Chapter 17 Appendix D: Society for American Archaeology, Principles of Archaeological Ethics, 1996
