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2014 Ethics when moderating in UX research Donna P. Tedesco Sr. User Experience Researcher eBay, Inc.

Ethics when moderating in UX research (Donna Tedesco)

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1/7 of the UXPA 2014 Ignite session "Ethical Dilemmas in UX" Ever wondered if you should ask THAT question? Join us for a series of passionate speakers sharing their thoughts on ethics, what difficult situations they have faced, what they did, and why. Topics will cover lab situations, field situations and business situations. You will gain tactics to use in the future when issues arise.

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Ethics when moderating in UX researchDonna P. TedescoSr. User Experience ResearchereBay, Inc.

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The Moderator’s Survival Guide

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Typical situations to sticky situations

http://www.modsurvivalguide.org/videos/video4_flirting/

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Balancing competing demands

From The Moderator’s Survival Guide, Chapter 1

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Participant comfort and safety

From The Moderator’s Survival Guide, Chapter 2

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Protecting Participant Rights

From The Moderator’s Survival Guide, Chapter 2

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Protecting Participant Rights

Cheat sheet

Do no harm

Act with integrity

Respect the participant’s privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity

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Do no harmWhere’s the ethical line?

I walkI stop

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Do no harmWhere’s the ethical line?

We need to let participants

struggle

Unless he or she is

physically or psychologicall

y uncomfortable

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Do no harm

…Unless he or she is physically or psychologically uncomfortable

From The Moderator’s Survival Guide, Chapter 2

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Act with IntegrityBe respectful…despite who the participant is or what they do (mostly)

http://www.modsurvivalguide.

org/videos/video3_remote

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Act with IntegrityRespect the participant’s privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity

๏Recruiting

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Act with IntegrityRespect the participant’s privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity

๏Recruiting

๏Screen-sharing

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Act with IntegrityRespect the participant’s privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity

๏Recruiting

๏Screen-sharing

๏Consent forms, recording

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Act with IntegrityRespect the participant’s privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity

๏Recruiting

๏Screen-sharing

๏Consent forms, recording

๏Phone calls

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Act with IntegrityRespect the participant’s privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity

๏Recruiting

๏Screen-sharing

๏Consent forms, recording

๏Phone calls

๏Observers

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So when do I cross?

Using a “pretext” to

avoid participant’s psychological

discomfort

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Using a pretext

e.g. Blaming technology to take a break or end the session

From The Moderator’s Survival Guide, Chapter 2

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Bottom Line๏ Protection of myself and participants is the

most important goal

๏ There can be a lot of grey area with ethics, practically speaking…

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The Lineup๏ Richard Bellaver

- Development of the Code of Conduct

๏ Cory Lebson

- The Ethics of UX “White Labeling”

๏ Donna Tedesco

- Ethics when moderating in UX research

๏ Bill Albert

- The Ethical Landscape of User Experience

๏ Michael Rawlins

- Increasing Conversion rates without comprising UX Ethics

๏ Elisa del Galdo

- UX and Ethics in Healthcare

๏ Kara DeFrias

- Breaking out of the Lab: UX Ethics in the Wild