Research Ethics

 These are the set of guidelines and principles that govern how scientific and other research is conducted.

• Research Problems

• Research Processes

• Research Ethics

• Research Outputs

It is the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles.

• process

• ethics

• norms

• method

Refers to a situation in which all potential participants receive and understand all the information they need to decide whether they want to participate.

• Informed consent

• Honesty

• Objectivity

• Integrity

Avoid bias in research design, data analysis, data interpretation, peer review, personnel decisions, grant writing, expert testimony, and other aspects of research.

• Honesty

• Objectivity

• Carefulness

• Integrity

Keep your promises and agreements.

• Honesty

• Objectivity

• Carefulness

• Integrity

Protect confidential communications, such as papers or grants submitted for publication, personnel records, trade or military secrets, and patient records.

• Honesty

• Responsible Publication

• Respect for Intellectual Property

• Responsible Mentoring

They are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behavior and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights.

• Human Rights

• Copyright Infringement

• Voluntary Participation

• Anonymity

Manipulating research materials, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is no accurately represented in the research record.

• Fabrication

• Falsification

•  Plagiarism

• Research misconduct

It is the use or production of copyright- protected material without permission of the copyright holder.

• Voluntary Participation

• Anonymity

• Privacy

• Copyright Infringement

Directly copying someone else’s work into your report, thesis etc. and letting it be assumed that it is your own.

• Fabrication

• Falsification

• Plagiarism

• Research misconduct