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Ethical Considerations in Research
Ethical Considerations in Research
in Research
What is ethics?
• Rules of behavior based on ideas about what is
morally good or bad.
• It is concerned with a set of social and moral
principles that guide research.
• ____________________________
• Ethics in research provides rules that specify the
appropriate and inappropriate behavior in the
conduct of research and application of findings .
Ethical Codes and Policies for Research
• Honesty:
• Honestly report data, results, methods and
procedures, and publication status
Ethical Codes and Policies for Research
• Objectivity:
• Strive to avoid bias when doing Research.
Ethical Codes and Policies for Research
• Integrity:
• Keep your promises and agreements; act
with sincerity.
Ethical Codes and Policies for Research
• Carefulness:
• Avoid careless errors; carefully and critically
examine your own work and the work of
your peers. Keep good records of research
activities.
Ethical Codes and Policies for Research
• Openness:
• Share data, results, ideas, tools, resources.
Be open to criticism and new ideas.
Ethical Codes and Policies for Research
Rights of
Research
Confidentiality Participants Anonymity
Unethical Activities
• Unauthorized Publishing
• Claiming Sole ownership of patent
• False Authorship
• Manipulated Statistics
• Not Citing Appropriate works