Imagine that you are an anthropologist hired to liaise between a tungsten mining operation (which provides materials for cell phones) and the local people in the Congo basin. Discuss the ethical considerations of your involvement in this situation
To whom are you most responsible?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. First responsibility to the people being studied
2. Development projects and concerns over displacement, illness, and other issues
3. What to do if the employer violates ethical principles
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a. Attitude b. Prejudice c. Discrimination d. Ethnocentrism
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a. as clubs for defense b. as digging sticks for termites c. as hammers for cracking nuts d. as pestles for grinding grass seeds
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A. accelerator mass spectrometer. B. ground penetrating radar. C. datum and elevation. D. phosphate analysis.
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a. agricultural b. horticultural c. patrilineal d. matrilineal