Ethical Dilemmas: Visit the American Anthropological Association's chapter on "Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology" entitled "Cases and Solutions" and edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs (http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ch3.htm).
Read Case 1: To Medicate or Not to Medicate (http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/case1.htm). What was the ethical dilemma faced by the anthropologist? What do you think of the anthropologist's decision? What do you think of the responses? What is the most ethical response in this situation?
Read Case 5: Anonymity Declined (http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/case5.htm). What is the ethical dilemma the anthropologist faced? How does the anthropologist balance the wishes of the community with the accepted practices of the profession? Would you have published the real names?
Read Case 21: Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Responsibilities (http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/case21.htm). Ethnographers rely on the social connections they make with their informants. What should an ethnographer do when those connections are costly to the anthropologist? How should the anthropologist have handled the requests from her adoptive family?
