RESEARCH

ETHICS
LECTURE #3

GRADE 12
HUMSS
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN
RESEARCH

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In Doing Research:

How can we say that we have

done the right thing?

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What is Ethics?

The moral principle that governs

the person’s behavior or activity

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What is Morality?

Is a set of UNWRITTEN rules

that guide us on the things that
we should or should not do in
order to attain harmony
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 Importance of Ethics in Research

1. Ethics is important in
research because it keeps the
researcher from committing
errors while seeking knowledge
and truth
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 Importance of Ethics in Research

2. It promotes essential values

that help researchers working
on a topic to have a common
understanding of how things
should go about
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 Importance of Ethics in Research

3. Since research may involve experts coming

from different fields of expertise, ethics binds
them together by considering the important
values such as accountability, cooperation,
coordination, mutual respect, and fairness
among others.
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Research Ethics Rules

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1.

BE HONEST

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2.

BE OBJECTIVE

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3.

BE A PERSON
OF
INTEGRITY

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4.

BE CARING

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5.

BE OPEN

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 6.

BE
TRUSTWORTHY

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7.

BE
RESPONSIBLE

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RIGHTS OF HUMAN RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

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 1.

Right to
voluntary
participation

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2.

Right to
Informed
Consent

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3.

Right to be
protected
from harm

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4.

Right to
Confidentiality

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5.

Right to
Anonymity

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