Research Ethics

Running head: RESEARCH ETHICS
Research ethics
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1RESEARCH ETHICS
Considering the nature of qualitative research, there is significant interaction between
researchers and participants that increases the chance of risk and biases and ethical challenges
while conducting research. Paying attention to rigour in research design and consideration of
anonymity, privacy and confidentiality, informed consent and ethical approval is crucial to
ensure that the findings obtained are not controversial (Sanjari et al., 2014). Hence, ethical
values in research determine that the relationship between researchers and participants are
based on trust and transparency. This discussion presents a research scenario where different
participant groups were interviewed and ethical method of research was completed. It
discusses about the impact of ethics on the quality of the research.
The research scenario is related to the evaluation of the effectiveness of health service
delivery in three remote aboriginal communities in the NT. The research project involved
taking interviews with both Aboriginal community members and health professionals. As this
project involves two diverse participants group with different language, culture and
educational levels, engaging in reflexivity is crucial to implement ethical practice during the
research process. Firstly, as indigenous group is a special population in this research, it will
be necessary to balance culture as well as ethics during the research process. This will
involve considering the knowledge system and language of indigenous people. Researchers
must respect the cultural property right of this people in terms of language expression,
knowledge and cultural expression. Their cultural values should not be disrespected at any
time during the research (Mc Loughlin, Hadgraft, Atkinson & Marley, 2014). This can be
fulfilled by taking steps to recruit staffs with cultural sensitivity knowledge so that they can
effectively take interview with this group.
Informed consent is an important ethical requirement in research which ensures that
the research participants are made aware about the research aim, procedures, key risk and
benefits before participation in the research. This is an important ethical consideration for