I feel that the Havasupai tribe was lead in the wrong direction by Arizona State University. They were approached by the University to research their genetics regarding the diabetes trend that has been seen throughout their tribe over the years. The Native American tribe gave consent to have this issue researched by the University but the researchers went beyond researching only this issue. They found that in their genetic research there were other health issues that the Native Americans had in their genes.

I feel that Arizona State took advantage of this group by going beyond what they had agreed on with the tribe and crossing an ethical line with what they published without permission of the tribe. I feel that the tribe's privacy was violated and that the university broke the consent contract by going beyond only researching the diabetes issue and then publishing results about other issues.

A good way to remain ethical would have been to have seen these other issues and gone directly to the tribe leaders to discuss what they wanted to do and felt comfortable doing moving forward with the data that Arizona State collected.