RESEARCH 11 (ETHICAL PRINCIPLES / ISSUES) 1ST SEM MIDTERM

ethics

standards for conduct that distinguish between right and wrong

ethics

helps us to determine the difference between

acceptable and unacceptable behaviors

examples of ethical principles

respect for persons, benificence, justice

ethical principles

guidelines for the responsible conduct of research

ethical principles

educates and monitors researchers to ensure a high ethical standard

autonomous

a person can make his or her own decisions about what to do

and what to agree to

respect for persons

subjects should voluntarily

agree to participate the

research (consent form)

respect for persons

must be provided with complete information about the research process and decide on their own whether to voluntarily participate or not

respect for persons

people with diminished autonomy (e.g. children, ill, people with mental disabilities) should be protected

beneficence

doing no harm; researchers have a moral duty to promote the course of action that they believe is in the best interests of the participants, respondents,

subjects

justice

means being fair in the recruitment of participants

justice

never include people that are vulnerable and less able to decline participating because they are scared of saying "no"

examples of ethical issues

voluntary participation, informed consent, free from risk of harm, confidentiality, anonymity

confidentiality

sources of information should be kept incognito - this means that they are not divulged outside the research team and their identity remains a secret

anonymity

this is a condition in which the identity of individual subjects is not known to researchers