Eight Step Model

Research and Education This professor is conducting research on his entire class without disclosure of the nature of his research, participation is mandatory to pass this course. The students complete an instrument of measuring of locus of control as well as attribution style. His hypothesizes is that students with an external locus of control will assign external factors as a contributing factor to their failure in the class, in essence, exciting a test that no one can pass. The next class the professor informs all the students that they have failed the test, instructing them to complete a questionnaire to analyze their failure. This is bound to be a stressful encounter for students, perhaps causing undue psychological stress.
Appling The Eight Step
Professorially speaking, there are few guidelines in place, requiring professors to scrutinize their actions as they find themselves continually faced with, multiple relationships, and questioning exploitative nature of their relationships with the students (APA, 2002). Keith-Spiegel and Koocher's, eight-step model include:
1. Determine the matter is an ethical one; is it ethical for the professor to take bend his role from trusted instructor to researcher?
2. Consult available guidelines that might apply to a specific identification and possible resolution; APA 3.05 multiple relationships, APA 3.06 conflict of interest and APA 3.08 exploitative relationships are three of the APA ethic codes that apply to this case (APA, 2002).
3. Consider, as best as possible, all sources that might influence the kind of decision you will make; Blevins-Knabe article, The Ethics of Dual Relationships in Higher Education, addresses the complexities that a professor faces, trying to balance their teaching and research (Blevins-Knabe,