Ethical Principles of Research
The general principles of research ethics are:
Honesty
| Being honest with the beneficiaries and respondents. Being honest about the findings and methodology of the research. Being honest with other direct and indirect stakeholders. |
Integrity | Ensuring honesty and sincerity. Fulfilling agreements and promises. Do not create false expectations or make false promises. |
Objectivity
| Avoiding bias in experimental design, data analysis, data interpretation, peer review, and other aspects of research. |
Informed consent |
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Respect for person/respondent | It includes:
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Beneficence | Maximize the benefits of the participants. Ethical obligation to maximize possible benefits and to minimize possible harms to the respondents. |
Non-maleficence/ Protecting the subjects (human) | Do no harm. Minimize harm/s or risks to the human. Ensure privacy, autonomy and dignity. |
Responsible publication | Responsibly publishing to promote and uptake research or knowledge. No duplicate publication. |
Protecting anonymity | It means keeping the participant anonymous. It involves not revealing the name, caste or any other information about the participants that may reveal his/her identity.
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Confidentiality | Protecting confidential information, personnel records. It includes information such as:
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Non-discrimination | Avoid discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, ethnicity or other factors that are violation of human rights and are not related to the study. |
Openness | Be open to sharing results, data and other resources. Also accept encouraging comments and constructive feedback. |
Carefulness and respect for intellectual property | Be careful about the possible error and biases. Give credit to the intellectual property of others. Always paraphrase while referring to others article, writing. Never plagiarize. |
Justice | The obligation to distribute benefits and burdens fairly, to treat equals equally, and to give reasons for differential treatment based on widely accepted criteria for just ways to distribute benefits and burdens. |
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