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When research partners disagree about participant consent and academic publishing

My research partner and I collected interview data from community members who shared personal experiences, and now we're invited to publish in a prestigious journal that requires more identifying details than our participants originally consented to provide. She thinks academic career advancement justifies the risk, but I feel like we'd be violating the trust people placed in us.

Juana
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Two collaborators must choose between professional advancement and honoring the boundaries set by people who trusted them with personal information.

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