The seduction of ethics is a powerful combined arms assault on the system of ethics review of the social sciences van den hoonaard estimates he communicated with 270 people in five countries in contexts ranging from interviews to focus groups to conference chats to full blown participant observation of five ethics boards in action. Formal research ethics committees in canada now function as an industry costing over thirty five million dollars annually the seduction of ethics argues that while ethics codes are alluring to the public they fuel moral panic and increase demands for institutional accountability will c van den hoonaard explores the research ethics review process itself by analysing the moral cosmology and . Seduction of ethics book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers formal research ethics committees in canada now function as an industr. Seduction of ethics book description van den hoonaard reveals an idiosyncratic and inconsistent world in which researchers employ particular strategies of avoidance or partial or full compliance as they seek approval from ethics committees