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5.	According to the Personal Information Protection Act, which of the following statements regarding individuals’ personal information rights is not correct? (1)The individual is able to contractually waive his/her personal information rights. (2)The individual is always able to review his/her personal information. (3)The individual is always able to correct or supplement his/her personal information. (4)The individual is always able to delete his/her personal information.
6.	The basic principles for the proper protection of the rights and interests of the subjects include the principle of “fair treatment.” Which of the following describes the principle of “fair treatment”? (1)Researchers treat all the research information they receive equally. (2)People, things, and objects related to the subject's private life are not disclosed. (3)Researchers and subjects should all understand the research purposes. (4)The subject decides independently whether to participate in the study.
7.	Which of the following persons violated privacy rights? (1)Hsiao Fang is a doctoral student. He wanted to conduct a sociological study of parent-child relationships. In order to ensure the authenticity of the study, he took the initiative to visit a relative who had long-standing parent-child problems. He placed a recording pen in a plant pot in the relative’s living room, hoping to record some dialogues between the parents and children. Although he understood that it was not an ideal research method, he was convinced that it was a necessary means to obtain valuable research data. (2)Hsiao Sheng is a graduate student in student counseling. To complete his thesis, he interviewed ten individuals that had suffered cyberbullying to explore the physical and psychological impact of cyberbullying on the victims. When analyzing the interview data in the research room, Hsiao Sheng casually discussed the contents of the interviews with Fang Fang, a fellow student sitting next to him, and mentioned the identity and background of one of the interviewees. (3)Professor Liao was invited to give a lecture at the institute of medical engineering where Professor Chang was teaching. After the lecture, he and Professor Chang returned to the office to catch up. While they were chatting, Professor Chang had to leave the office to answer some students’ questions. Professor Liao, bored of waiting, went through the papers that Professor Chang kept on his table. Unexpectedly, he discovered that Professor Chang was drafting a letter of resignation to the institute, stating that he had obtained an offer from an American technology company as an in-house researcher and he intended to develop his career abroad. Upon returning to his own university, Professor Liao told the postdoctoral researcher of his department to pay attention to a potential opening at a position at the institute of medical engineering. (4)None of the above behaviors were appropriate and all of them violated privacy rights.
8.	Which of the following individuals did not engage in appropriate conflict of interest management? (1)Professor Chang is a member of the Human Subjects Committee. He does not participate in review meetings involving student research projects. (2)Chen is a researcher at A Pharmaceuticals. She is working on the preparation of a new pharmaceutical seminar article for the drugs that have been successfully tested in the factory recently. (3)Wang is a research fellow in the field of chemical engineering. In his contribution to the journal, he stated that his research funding came from a pharmaceutical company. (4)Professor Lin published a study on the effectiveness of A System. The funding came from a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology. At the same time, he served as an advisor to the company that developed A System.

Answer 1

5.

As per Personal Information Protection Act

- Any inquiry and request for a review of the personal information
- Any request to make duplications of the personal information
- Any request to supplement or correct the personal information
- Any request to discontinue collection, processing or use of personal information
- Any request to delete the personal information.

Hence, the following statement is incorrect- (1) The individual is able to contractually waive his/her personal information rights.

Correct option is (1)

6.

The right to "fair treatment" relates to researchers treating those who decline to participate in a study fairly without any prejudice.

Hence, option (4) is correct which relates to the principle of fait treatment 'The subject decides independently whether to participate in the study'

7.

Privacy rights refer to a person’s right to be free from intrusion into their personal life by another individual, business or the government.

All options given are violation as per privacy rights.

Option (4) is correct - None of the above behaviors were appropriate and all of them violated privacy rights.

8.

A conflict of interest is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another. Conflict of interest relates to situations in which the personal interest of an individual or organization might adversely affect a duty owed to make decisions for the benefit of a third party.

Out of the options available, all option except (1) relates to conflict of interest situation where individual is individual is involved in financial or otherwise interest.

Hence, the correct answer is (1) Professor Chang is a member of the Human Subjects Committee. He does not participate in review meetings involving student research projects.