Research Project

Research Project

1. Divorced Parenting

   • Teenage development
     • What are the negative effects does divorced parenting have on teenage development?
       • Are they unique to the divorced/ split parenting or are they the same/ similar?
     • What are the effects of the children being subjected to conflict between the parents?
       • Are the parents aware of these?
     • Are those who have been exposed to split parenting more likely to divorce themselves?
     • Are there any positive effects? And are they only of prevalence amongst divorced parents?
     • What effect does being involved in the conflict have on the children?
     • Are there any differences to the challenges that can occur where there is no divorce?
     • How does it vary by gender? Are the effects different between boys and girls?
     • Does divorced parenting impact negatively on teenage development?
       • Does divorced parenting have a similar impact on teenage development as parents that are still together?

2. Psychology

   • Unethical Experiments
     • Stanford Prison Experiment
       • What was the purpose of the experiment?
       • How was the experiment unethical
       • What was the Stanford Prison Experiment
       • Is there an ethical way to measure power?
         • Can the Stanford Prison Experiment be replicated in an ethical way?
       • What was achieved from this experiment?
   • Ethical Decisions
     • Can society be 'too ethical'?
     • How is what we know as ethically correct decided?
       • Is it majority rules?
         • Is the process ethical itself?
       • Is there a more ethical way of deciding?

3. Tax Evaasion amongst Mutlinationals

   • Schemes
     • What are the common schemes used to evade tax?
       • Why hasn't anything be done about it?
         • Can anything be done about the loopholes?
           • How does the ATO find evidence of tax evasion?
       • How do Multinationals evade tax?
   • Punishments
     • What are the penalties for tax evasion?
       • Are they strong enough?
       • Who is liable and to what extent?
   • Laws
     • What are the current Australian tax laws in relation to Multinationals?
       • Are they strong enough to deter Multinationals from evading tax>
         • How much revenue are we losing through offshore tax minimisation schemes?