I am looking forward to reading your justification of the CAE methodology. Complex situations need complementary approaches IMHO, and each research study may be contributing to a bigger picture. Reflexive, qualitative, insider research studies have their limitations (just like objective approaches) and part of the quality of the research is to acknowledge its limitations. As far as I am concerned, ethics is an essential integral part of good quality research, and I am not talking about box-ticking for IRB.