The introduction of the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care by the Department of Health in 2001 extended the reach of research governance from the NHS, where reviewing arrangements were already well established, into universities and local authorities, who were requested in...

The Internet has changed the whole world through its scale and accessibility. Even if the information can be found easier than ever, it triggers a whole series of effects on many aspects of modern life as well as in a wide range of domains. Marketing is directly influenced by the Internet which...

Brands' citizen communication consists in creating a social link between trademarks and society, that is to say in sending messages not only to their consumers, to their employees and to their stockholders, but also to the citizens in general and to their representatives (social and political)....

Social scientists have intensely debated the use of deception in experimental research, and conflicting norms governing the use of deception are now firmly entrenched along disciplinary lines. Deception is typically allowed in sociology and social psychology but proscribed in economics. Notably,...