PHA-Exchange> Re posting "Whose data? 'Stealing' from the poor"

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From: "FIVDB" <fivdbdhk at citechco.net>

> Lets remember the proverb once again:
> 'To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism;
> To steal from many is RESEARCH !'
>
> Isn't it?
> Another important issue I would like to raise is: most of the
> leading  academics, economist, researchers are doing the same thing for a
> long time, because they believe this is their right  (!), i.e.  to capture
poverty
> data (eventually all types of data)... without de-briefing or sharig the
> analyzed data/outputs/findings with the  kind respondents. Sometimes data
collectors completely forget/ignore that they are dealing
> with human beings who are not bound to provide info to a complete stranger
> with a very different mind set!
>
We should raise our voices in proper fora
> about this and our own professional research ethics.