IV. Research Ethics

Rights and dignity of participants

• In all aspects we respect the rights, safeguard the dignity, and protect and promote welfare of research participants

Informed consent

• Inform participants of the purpose, procedures, potential risks and benefits, and rights to voluntary participate

• Must be translated to the language/dialect that the participants understand

Informed assent

• Type of IC that researchers should obtain from minors

Research participation of clients, students, and subordinates

• No coercion

• If extra credit would be provided in participating, an equitable alternate activity must be provided for those who wouldn’t participate

Reporting research results

• Do not fabricate data

• If significant errors were published, act quickly to correct them

Plagiarism

• Do not present other people’s work as own

Publication credit

• Take responsibility and credit only for the work we have actually done and give credit to others who helped significantly