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RESEARCH ETHICS

Ethics generally is considered to deal with


beliefs about what is right or wrong, proper or
improper, good or bad. According to a dictionary
definition (Webster‘s 1968), to be ethical is to
conform to accepted professional practice .
Research ethics provides guidelines
for the responsible conduct of research.
In addition, it educates and monitors
scientists conducting research to ensure
a high ethical standard.
Ethics should be applied in all stages
of research from planning, to gathering
of data, to the analysis and
interpretation and evaluation (oral
examination) of the research.
1. Honesty: Honestly report data, results,
methods and procedures, and publication
status. Do not fabricate, falsify, or
misrepresent data.
2. Objectivity: Strive to avoid bias in
experimental design, data analysis, data
interpretation, peer review, personnel
decisions, grant writing, expert testimony, and
other aspects of research.
3. Integrity: Keep your promises and
agreements; act with sincerity; strive for
consistency of thought and action.
4. Carefulness: Avoid careless errors
and negligence; carefully and critically
examine your own work and the work of
your peers. Keep good records of
research activities.
5. Openness: Share data, results, ideas, tools,
resources. Be open to criticism and new ideas.
6. Respect for Intellectual Property: Honor
patents, copyrights, and other forms of
intellectual property. Do not use unpublished data,
methods, or results without permission. Give
credit where credit is due. Never plagiarize.
7. Confidentiality: Protect confidential
communications, such as papers or grants
submitted for publication, personnel records,
trade or military secrets, and patient records.
8. Responsible Publication: Publish in order to
advance research and scholarship, not to
advance just your own career. Avoid wasteful
and duplicative publication.
9. Responsible Mentoring: Help to
educate, mentor, and advise students.
Promote their welfare and allow them to
grow.
10. Social Responsibility: Strive to
promote social good and prevent or
mitigate social harms through research,
public education, and advocacy.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Legality: Know and obey relevant laws and
institutional and governmental policies.
14. Animal Care: Show proper respect and care
for animals when using them in research. Do not
conduct unnecessary or poorly designed animal
experiments.
15. Human Subjects Protection: When
conducting research on human subjects, minimize
harms and risks and maximize benefits; respect
human dignity, privacy, and autonomy.
RESEARCH
MISCONDUCTS
(a) Fabrication - making up data or results and
recording or reporting them.
(b) Falsification - manipulating research materials, or
changing or omitting data or results such that the
research is not accurately represented in the research
record.
(c) Plagiarism - the appropriation of another person's
ideas, processes, results, or words without giving
appropriate credit.

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