Ethical considerations are important part of any research methodology

Running head: ETHICS IN RESEARCH
Ethics in Research
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Topic: Human Ethics Case Study
1 Introduction
Ethical considerations are important part of any research methodology
(McCormick et al. 2013). There are several points that constitute the ethical part of
research. The researchers should always be aware of these aspects related to research in
order to establish their research as a successful one. They should always keep in mind
that the research participants’ interest are the most important thing. They should not be
harmed in any way and their dignity must be upheld at all points of time. Their
participation should be voluntary and any personal information they share must be kept
secret if stated otherwise (Department of Health 2014). The researchers should also
conform to the stated aim and objective of the research and if they have any funding
source it should be revealed. It is also necessary that they do not become biased to any
opinion and present data in a way that influences the research outcome. This study
explores the ethical considerations that are related to participants and data collection for
the research study.
2 Project
2.1 Project Title
The tile of the project is- “Effect of Promotion and Ranking in Educational
Departments”.
2.2 Project Summary
The motive of this research is to explore the mentality of the teaching
professionals on promotion and ranking. In most cases, educational institutions have

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their own hierarchy and the recruitment in the higher positions are not attained via
longer experience only. There are a board of members that decide who should be
responsible for the higher posts and it is possible that the chosen candidate did not
belong to the institution before the. The study aims to find out the reaction of the
teachers on these decisions and the effect that these kinds of decisions might have in
their overall outlook on their job prospect. It is necessary to understand whether this
creates any negative emotion among them leading to eventual disinterest and
underperformance. It is also necessary to understand what they feel about their own job
prospect and sudden recruitment of unknown origin over them while they have worked
hard for years in the institution.
Mail survey and interview along with past record for higher position
recruitment will be used for the research. The research will be an exploratory research
as each institution has their own structure and hierarchy and cannot be standardized in
any way. The research will be a statistical investigation on two particular universities
that can be directed to a larger scale in future (Savin-Baden and Major 2013). The
recruitment of the participants will be done after due ethical consideration. The
teaching and training staff of La Trobe and RMIT will be approached individually and
asked for their consent to participate the sampling is all inclusive for the research as the
number of teachers and training staff are limited in the two institutions. All the
participant will be informed about the goals and objectives of the research and their
names and any other personal information will be kept hidden so that their opinion
remains anonymous (Nijhawan et al. 2013). The participants will be asked to answer
the survey questions and in some cases they might be specially requested for a face to
face interview in order to understand the intricacies of the promotion aspect in the
institution. The estimated time that will be needed for survey is four to five minutes