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To me it depends on whether they lied to the ethics board or not. If they truly framed their research as "sending emails" then the individual is 100% at fault.
by belval 6y ago
To me it depends on whether they lied to the ethics board or not. If they truly framed their research as "sending emails" then the individual is 100% at fault. If they clearly defined what they were trying to do and no one raised an issue then it is absolutely the university's fault.
- walrus01 6y agoI think it's more than whether they lied, it's whether the ethics board is even plausibly equipped to fully understand the ramifications of what they proposed to do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26890490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26890490
- belval 6y agoWell if the ethics board is not decently equipped to understand the concerns with this type of research I would say a full ban is perfectly understandable.