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- Title
Internet-based crowdsourcing and research ethics: the case for IRB review.
- Authors
Graber, Mark A; Graber, Abraham
- Abstract
The recent success of Foldit in determining the structure of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) retroviral protease is suggestive of the power-solving potential of internet-facilitated game-like crowdsourcing. This research model is highly novel, however, and thus, deserves careful consideration of potential ethical issues. In this paper, we will demonstrate that the crowdsourcing model of research has the potential to cause harm to participants, manipulates the participant into continued participation, and uses participants as experimental subjects. We conclude that protocols relying on this model require institutional review board (IRB) scrutiny.
- Publication
Journal of medical ethics, 2013, Vol 39, Issue 2, p115
- ISSN
1473-4257
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/medethics-2012-100798