Directions: Read the sample Research Ethics below and answer the question that follows.
In compliance with Research Ethics Protocol, the researchers have obtained informed consent
from the survey respondents specifying their awareness of the purpose of the study, their agreement to
participate as survey respondents, their freedom to disclose or not to disclose information, their freedom
to stop their participation anytime if they do not feel comfortable, their right to be informed of the
results of the study, the benefits they will get if there will be any as a result of the study, and their right
to the confidentiality of information and anonymity of their identity. In the interview, no pictures
showing their faces are taken, nor does identifying features of their houses and location unless allowed
by the participants.
Question: Does the sample Research Ethics contain fundamental ethical principles? Why?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
Research ethics is closely related to the ethical principles of social responsibility. This research covers a wide context of working with people, so the researchers raised a task not only to gain confidence in the respondents’ eyes, to receive reliable data, but also to ensure the transparency of the science. This chapter discusses the theoretical and practical topics of research, after evaluation of which ethical principles of organization and conducting the research are presented. There is a detailed description of how and what ethical principles were followed on the different stages of the research