Resource Guide in Exploring Ethics: A Practical Resource Guide for Tutors and Students

This resource guide will help staff and students who are studying social sciences in hospitality, tourism, entertainment, events, leisure. It outlines the ethical issues that they need to consider when conducting research for their dissertation or for industry-based projects. Social science is a general term used for the study of society, consumers, and employees, the manner in which those people behave and how it affects the world around us. Researching “people in our world” must be completed in a safe, fair and honest way. Whilst ethical policy for empirical research has been with us since the Nuremberg Code 1947, many universities have not yet developed resources in terms of practical ethical examples. This resource guide presents materials and examples for tutors of research methods, and also for undergraduate and masters students engaging in social science research. The Guide also contains background literature, power point presentations and practical examples. All social science research raises many ethical issues. Medical, sport and exercise research dealing with human enhancement, medicine, disease or gene therapy present ethical issues which will NOT be included in this resource guide. Sport and leisure research may include physical or drug-related elements which require students to conform to specific ethical procedures which can be found, in part, in the “Ethics and Sport” resource guide available via the HLST website

DEVELOPING PERMITS: A VIRGINIA CASE STUDY FOR CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS

Livestock Production/Industries,

AN ANALYSIS OF ANTICIPATORY SHORT HEDGING USING PREDICTED HARVEST BASIS

Crop Production/Industries,

WHEAT PRICING GUIDE

Crop Production/Industries,

SOYBEAN PRICING GUIDE

Crop Production/Industries,

POULTRY LITTER FOR CORN EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR VIRGINIA

Crop Production/Industries, Livestock Production/Industries,

STORAGE UTILIZATION IN A DEFICIT REGION

Crop Production/Industries,

CORN AND SOYBEAN CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION IN VIRGINIA

Crop Production/Industries,

IMPACT OF CASH SETTLEMENT ON FEEDER CATTLE BASIS

The feeder cattle futures contract specifications were changed in 1986 from physical delivery to cash settlement. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange expected this change to reduce basis variability and improve the ability of hedgers to predict basis. This study analyzes the basis for individual lots of feeder cattle before and after cash settlement. Basis equations were estimated by breed, sex, weight, grade, and season. These equations were used to predict basis. The results indicate basis variability was not reduced and hedger ability to forecast basis, in general, was not improved significantly under cash settlement compared to physical delivery.Marketing,