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THE USE AND ABUSE OF STUDENTS IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES<br />

John A. Schibrowsky, Richard S. Lapidus, and Alexander Nill,<br />

University of Nevada, Las Vegas;<br />

john.schibrowsky@unlv.edu<br />

Charles R. Duke, Clemson University, Clemson, SC<br />

James Cross, University of Nevada, Las Vegas<br />

James W. Peltier, University of Wisconsin Whitewater<br />

Micol Maughan, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS<br />

Gail Ball, Management Consultant<br />

Lucille Pointer, University of Houston, Downtown Campus, Houston, TX<br />

After all the years of marketing educators using<br />

students as subjects, data collectors, etc., it seems<br />

odd to us that almost no one has investigated and<br />

developed policies related to the potential ethical<br />

issues involved in these practices. For example,<br />

should you offer students extra credit for filling out a<br />

survey? Should you offer extra credit for your<br />

students to go to the mall and collect data?<br />

Most of us know that the human subjects review<br />

committees at schools evaluate research proposals<br />

in terms of their potential psychological and physical<br />

risk to subjects. However, the issues go way beyond<br />

these concerns.<br />

This Special Session discusses issues concerning<br />

the use of students in research activities. Charles<br />

Duke and others will lead a discussion on issues<br />

pertaining to human subjects review boards at<br />

universities. The discussion will center on the legal<br />

issues along with the purposes for their existence<br />

compared to what activities they actually undertake.<br />

Anyone using student subjects will want to be part of<br />

this discussion.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

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Alexander Nill, James Cross, Micol Maughan, Gail<br />

Ball and Lucille Pointer will talk about techniques<br />

used to encourage students to participate as<br />

research subjects. Ethical issues surrounding those<br />

practices will be discussed.<br />

Next, Alexander Nill, James Cross, Micol Maughan,<br />

Gail Ball and Lucille Pointer will talk about issues<br />

pertaining to the use of students to help in the<br />

collection of research. Ethical issues surrounding<br />

those practices will be discussed.<br />

Finally, Alexander Nill and Jack Schibrowsky will<br />

present their research findings pertaining to ethical<br />

issues pertaining to the use of students to help in the<br />

collection of research data.<br />

This is an important topic for all marketing educators<br />

who get involved with human subjects review<br />

committees and those who have or are considering<br />

using students to help in their research activities.

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