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Ethical Issues in Service-Learning Research
Chapdelaine, Ruiz, Warchal, and Wells (2005) posit that “despite a tremendous amount of writing and research on the mechanics of doing service-learning… there is a paucity of literature on the ethical challenges involved with this pedagogical undertaking, especially in higher education” (p. xi). Because ethical considerations in service-learning research may potentially be overlooked by researchers, those who are (or will be) involved in research on service-learning course outcomes need to be aware of and responsive to ethical considerations when designing, implementing, or subsequently researching a service-learning course. Like most other social sciences, research in service-learning involves human subjects (e.g., students, faculty, community-based agency staff, clients); therefore, it is governed by the same ethical codes as any other research that also involves the participation of humans as subjects.
