Ethics in research

• Put yourself in respondents shoes

• Do not offend or embarrass participant in any way

• don’t push or beg participants for answers

• transparent

Consent is primordial, inform respondents of what you are doing

3 elements to consider in all research:

• Privacy

  • Choose location wisely and protect the respondents who take part in your research

• Confidentiality

  • Protecting the information gathered from respondents from the public (release data in %)

• Anonymity

  • Gathering info efficiently, aiming to prevent the identity of respondents to be known, research is not to be discussed in public or private circles (use a code instead of names)

• Research must be based on knowledge of the work of others (Lit Review)

• Benefits of the research project substantially outweighs the potential harm to participants

• Participants must be able to make a voluntary, informed decision to participate and have the freedom to withdraw

• Research is a public activity, conducted openly - transparency

Principles of ethics in research

Researchers must treat with dignity and respect the persons, groups and organizations who participates in research

MKUltra video

• No consent was asked

• No explanations from experiments

• there was no transparency with the public

• Was not asked for consent to be drugged

• Causes long-term harm

• no acknowledgement

• denied compensation

• sketchy funding