Antoinette wants to test her new vegetarian burger and test the hypothesis that people will not be able to tell it is not beef.She tests her product at a local big box store and hands samples out, telling people that it is a new hamburger product.She then asks them to fill out a questionnaire about the product.Discuss how this experiment is or is not being conducted in an ethical manner.

What will be an ideal response?


The experiment is not being conducted in an ethical manner.Participants were deceived about the product.Legal rules apply when testing food items or any product that comes into contact with the human body.The product may contain food products to which the participant was allergic and ate under false information.

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