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Prawne i etyczne aspekty archiwizacji badań socjologicznych
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Archiving Sociological Data

Author(s): Katarzyna Andrejuk
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: archiving social data; protection of personal data; copyright

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article are obligations and rights defined in the legal and ethical dimension, associated with the conducting and archiving sociological research data (both qualitative and quantitative). The text contains the analysis and interpretation of the binding provisions from the Act of the Protection of Personal Data and the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act. These regulations define the way of conducting sociological research and archiving its results. They also outline entitlements of researchers and participants of the research. The article also compares the provisions and standards imposed by the legal acts and the Ethical Code of a Sociologist, emphasizing the differences between the two orders and ascertaining that the latter type of regulations imposes higher requirements, at least in some aspects.

  • Issue Year: 214/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 203-220
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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