Ethics in Research

ETHICS IN
RESEARCH
Presented by: Marjorie M. Coro
RESEARCH ETHICS
• Research ethics are guidelines for the responsible conduct of
research which educates and monitors researchers to ensure
high standard. It promotes the aim of research, such as
expanding knowledge and supports the values required for
collaborative work, such as mutual respect and fairness.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN
CONDUCTING RESEARCH
1. Objectivity and integrity
2. Respect of the research subjects 'right to privacy and dignity
and protection of subjects from personal harm
3. Presentation of research findings
4. Misuse of research role
5. Acknowledgement of research collaboration and assistance
6. Distortions of findings by sponsor
ETHICS IN RESEARCH
1. Informed Consent - This is required to secure in order to protect
the rights of the participants in your study. Inform your participants
about the criteria set for choosing them as informants and the
schedule of one-on-one interview at the convenient time they are
available. Participation to the study will be completely voluntary.
2. Honesty - It report data, results, methods and procedures, and
publication status. Do not fabricate, falsify and misrepresent the data.
3. Objectivity - Avoid bias in experimental design, data analysis, data interpretation, peer
review, personnel decisions, grant writing, expert testimony, and other aspects of research.
4. Integrity. Keep your promises and agreements; act with sincerity; strive for consistency
of thought and action.
5. Carefulness - Avoid careless errors and negligence; carefully and critically examine
your work and the work of peers. Keep good records of research activities.
6. Openness - Share data, results, ideas, tools and resources. Be open to criticism and new
ideas.
7. Respect for Intellectual Property - Honour patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets
and other forms of intellectual property. Do not use published or unpublished data,
methods, or results without permission. Give credit where credit is due. Never plagiarize,
fabricate and falsify.
8. Confidentiality - Protect confidential communications, such as papers or grants
submitted for publication, personnel records, trade or military secrets, and patient
records.
9. Responsible Mentoring - Help to educate, mentor, and advise others. Promote
their welfare and allow them to make their own decisions.
10. Responsible Publication - Publish in order to advance research and scholarship,
not to advance your own career.
11. Respect for Colleagues - Respect your colleagues' opinion, treat them fairly and
do not outsmart others.
12. Social responsibility - Strive to promote social acceptance and prevent or
mitigate social harms through research, public education, and advocacy.
13. Non-discrimination - Avoid discrimination against colleagues or students on the basis
of sex, race, ethnicity, or other factors that are not related to their scientific competence
and integrity.
14. Competence - Maintain and improve your own professional competence and expertise
through lifelong education and learning; take steps to promote competence in science as a
whole.
15. Legality - Know and obey relevant laws and institutional and government policies.
16. Animal Care - Show proper respect and care for animals when using them in research.
Do not conduct unnecessary or poorly designed animal experiments.
17. Human Subjects protection - When conducting research on human subjects, minimize
harms and risks and maximize benefits, respect human dignity, privacy. and anonymity.
ETHICAL STANDARS IN WRITING
RESEARCH
Research Misconduct includes fabrication, falsification, or
plagiarism. It doesn't include honest error of differences of
opinion. It can erode trust between researchers and funding
agencies, which make it more difficult for colleagues at the
same institution to receive grants.
PLAGIARISM
It is an act of using another person's ideas, works, processes, and results
without giving due credit. It should not be tolerated as the unauthorized use
of original works, a violation of intellectual property rights.
Three different acts are considered plagiarism:

1. Failure to cite quotations and borrowed ideas,
2. Failure to enclose borrowed language in quotation marks,
and.
3. Failure to put summaries and in your own words.

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