Researchers who use field experiments to study discrimination have identified four features of these studies that, collectively, make them ethically permissible: (1) the limited harm to the employers; (2) the great social benefit of having a reliable measure of discrimination; (3) the weakness of other methods of measuring discrimination; and (4) the fact that deception does not strongly violate the norms of that setting (Riach and Rich 2004).
Watafiti wanaotumia majaribio ya nyanjani kuchunguza ubaguzi wamebainisha vipengele vinne vya tafiti hizi ambazo, kwa pamoja, zinazifanya ziruhusiwe kimaadili: (1) madhara madogo kwa waajiri; (2) manufaa makubwa ya kijamii ya kuwa na kipimo cha kutegemewa cha ubaguzi; (3) udhaifu wa mbinu nyingine za kupima ubaguzi; na (4) ukweli kwamba udanganyifu haukiuki vikali kanuni za mpangilio huo (Riach and Rich 2004).