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-it refers to norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable and
unacceptable behavior.
-these are rules in making distinction between right and wrong such as GOLDEN
RULE, CODE OF PREFESSIONAL CONDUCT, or a RELIGIOUS CREED.
1. obtain informed consent from potential research participants.
2. minimize the risk of harm to the participants
3. protect their confidentiality
3. avoid using deceptive practices and give them right to withdraw from your research.
-norms promote the aims of research such as knowledge , truth, and avoidance of
error.
-norms promote the values that are essential to collaborative work such as trust,
accountability, mutual respect and fairness. They also protect intellectual property
interest and encourage confidentiality even in collaboration.
-norms ensure that researchers can be held accountable to the public. To a certain
extent, they draw parameters within which ideas to write and how they should be
written.
Norms promote a variety of other important
moral and social values. Ethical lapses in
research can significantly harm human and
animal subjects, students and the public.
-Norms help to build public support for
research . This happens when individuals and
orhganizations believe in the integrity and
credibility of the researcher/s, they offer
funding for the projects.
ETHICAL RELATIVISM – refers to the view that values are relative in the
sense that a person feels his/her value is better than any other person’s
value.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES – refers to values that are translated in to rules or
standard of conduct.
ETHICAL DILEMMA – entails a situation where there is a felt conflict
between values or principles and a choice of action needs to be decided.
PLAGIARISM – quoting or paraphrasing another author’s work without
including a reference to it.
RESEARCH INTEGRITY – a researcher uses word/s can be trusted as
representative truthful positions and statements.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) – one of the
professional organizations that develop ethical guidelines for research.
1. report your finding with complete honesty
2. do not misrepresent , mislead, and/or
intentionally misinterpret.
3. give appropriate credit when using other
peoples work.
Ask the following to ensure that you are doing right: