Chapter 14 (Considering ethical issues in data collection)

5 ethical issues related to the researchers

- Avoiding bias (don't hide what you've found in your study) - Provision or deprivation of a treatment - Using inappropriate research methodology (don't use inappropriate procedures) - Incorrect reporting (don't report findings in a way that changes or slants respondents to serve your own) - Inappropriate use of info (don't use info in a way that directly or indirectly after respondents)

6 ethical issues related to the participants

- Collecting info (researchers first obtain respondents' informed consent) - Seeking informed consent (researchers make respondents aware of the goal of the study) - Providing incentives (giving a small gift after obtaining the info) - Seeking sensitive info (asking the respondents' privacy may upset them) - The possibility of causing harm to participants (do not create anxiety or harassment to participants) - Maintaining confidentiality (make sure info provided by respondents is kept anonymous)

Ethical issues in collecting data from secondary data

- Plagiarism - Using a substantial piece of work by someone else without their informed consent - Mispresentation of data - Must take care to avoid disclosing data sources

Ethical issues related to sponsoring organizations

- Restrictions imposed by sponsoring organizations (they may select methodology, prohibit the publication of findings) - The misuse of info (they use research as pretext for promoting management's agenda)

3 stakeholders in research

- The research participants or subjects - The researchers - The funding body

Informed consent

An ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.

Ethic

Moral values of professional conduct that are considered desirable for good professional practice

Stakeholders in research

Those people or groups who are likely to be affected by a research activity or its findings.

Code of conduct

a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group