Unethical
Unethical Research
Arnuang Bullie
RES/351
Jeff Duncan
November 9, 2012
In this paper I will try and discuss the unethical business research conduct that has resulted in individuals or a firm being convicted, or at least tried for, this conduct. Some questions will be what were the inappropriate questions, what were the research results, and who was involved in the maintaining of the participants’ confidential information, and were there any acts involving the use of participant information for unintended purposes such as selling goods or services. * What unethical research behavior was involved?
The company I have researched is DynCorp. There was an article on this company earlier this year about DynCorp and Sex trafficking. DynCorp is a Private Military Company who gets paid by governments to protect areas, and is likely to take on the same roles as soldiers. Many times these companies are looked at lightly and not really researched. * Who were the injured parties? While working in Bosnia middle aged men were having sex with 12-15 year old children, and sold them to each other as slaves. According to the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) lawsuit filed in Texas on behalf of a former DynCorp aircraft mechanic, "in the latter part of 1999 Johnston learned that employees and supervisors from DynCorp were engaging in perverse, illegal and inhumane behavior [and] were purchasing illegal weapons, women, forged passports and [participating in other immoral acts. Johnston witnessed coworkers and supervisors literally buying and selling women for their own personal enjoyment, and employees would brag about the various ages and talents of the individual slaves they had purchased" (O 'Meara, 2002). * How has the unethical behavior affected the organization, the individual, and society?
In the summer of 2005, the United States Defense department drafted a proposal to prohibit defense contractor involvement in human trafficking for
Arnuang Bullie
RES/351
Jeff Duncan
November 9, 2012
In this paper I will try and discuss the unethical business research conduct that has resulted in individuals or a firm being convicted, or at least tried for, this conduct. Some questions will be what were the inappropriate questions, what were the research results, and who was involved in the maintaining of the participants’ confidential information, and were there any acts involving the use of participant information for unintended purposes such as selling goods or services. * What unethical research behavior was involved?
The company I have researched is DynCorp. There was an article on this company earlier this year about DynCorp and Sex trafficking. DynCorp is a Private Military Company who gets paid by governments to protect areas, and is likely to take on the same roles as soldiers. Many times these companies are looked at lightly and not really researched. * Who were the injured parties? While working in Bosnia middle aged men were having sex with 12-15 year old children, and sold them to each other as slaves. According to the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) lawsuit filed in Texas on behalf of a former DynCorp aircraft mechanic, "in the latter part of 1999 Johnston learned that employees and supervisors from DynCorp were engaging in perverse, illegal and inhumane behavior [and] were purchasing illegal weapons, women, forged passports and [participating in other immoral acts. Johnston witnessed coworkers and supervisors literally buying and selling women for their own personal enjoyment, and employees would brag about the various ages and talents of the individual slaves they had purchased" (O 'Meara, 2002). * How has the unethical behavior affected the organization, the individual, and society?
In the summer of 2005, the United States Defense department drafted a proposal to prohibit defense contractor involvement in human trafficking for
References: Isenberg, D. (2012, February 10). The DynCorp "See no Evil" Monkey. Huffington Post, p. . O 'Meara, K. P. (2002, January). US: DynCorp Disgrace. Insight Magazine, ().