Critical Reflections of Ethical Issues in Research

This project critically analyzes the engagement of ethical considerations in research and decision-making. It also demonstrates skills used in research such as time management, project management, written communication, and independent learning.

Critical reflections of ethical
issues

Executive Summary
Ethical considerations are the collection of the different principles and values which
needs to be followed while human affairs. It is important for ethical consideration to not make
any harm to the society. Research requires ethical consideration which consists of
confidentiality, scientific integrity, social responsibility and integrity and transparency.

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION.......................................................................................................4
Confidentiality, autonomy and dignity of individual and community.........................................4
Scientific Integrity.......................................................................................................................5
Social responsibility.....................................................................................................................5
Integrity and transparency............................................................................................................6
Maximising benefit and minimising harm..................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Ethical consideration for research is considered to be the set of principles which guide
research design and practices to what code of conduct needs to be followed during the collection
of data. This project is critically analysing the engagement of the ethical consideration for
conducting research project and associate that with the ethics which are involved in the research
decision-making. This project also provides the demonstration of skills which were used for
research such as time management, project management, written communication and
independent learning.
MAIN BODY
Methodology
For this the research philosophy that is chosen is positivism due to which it has to utilize
the research approach as deductive. The research strategy for this study includes survey which is
done with a help of questionnaire that is used for gathering primary data (Zangirolami-
Raimundo, Echeimberg and Leone, 2018). The sampling frame work is used for this study in
which fifty random respondents are chosen for managing the basic growth in analysing the
situation. Collection of the data that is primary is done through SPSS and secondary sources of
data which are used are online journals, articles and newspapers.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
Confidentiality, autonomy and dignity of individual and community
Confidentiality refers to the condition in the research that is known for the identification
of the research subject. It is the steps which is take for the production of the identity form being
discovered by the others (Lancaster, 2017). In this research there are consideration of primary
data which are the answers to the questions. For this research the subjects research which are the

respondents are taken for research due to their consent. Their responses to each and every
question has also been kept confidential in the research.
It is that principle of which requires the researcher to allow the individuals to make free
and voluntary decisions which are related to the participation in the research. The information
provided by respondents are considered to be essential for making informed decisions in the
research. For ensuring the autonomy it is essential for the respondents to known everything about
the research. It helps them by providing consent for the participation or withdrawing their
decision at any point.
Related to the ethics in research dignity is means that the participants have interest and
integrity related to the research topic. Analysation of the reasons due to which there is high
employee turn over is helpful for the community also towards the development of the society.
This is how this research is able to achieve greater understanding and benefit the society through
ways in which employees turnover can be reduced by organizations.
Scientific Integrity
This research has trusted other articles and journals which helps it to create integrity that
has created trust which is at the heart of the research process (Iphofen, 2020). In this research
studies of other researchers have been trusted for being referred to as the secondary source of
gaining insights on the topic. This has helped in ensuring the objectivity, clarity and
reproducibility. This research has been intellectually honest in proposing, performing ad
reporting research. It has been fairly accurate with the representation of the contributions to the
research proposals. There needs to be decent bit of fairness in the peer review. This research has
been considered to be the collegiality ion the scientific interactions which includes
communications and sharing of resources. In this research there is also an adherence to the
mutual responsibilities which is present between the investigators and their research teams.
Social responsibility
The social responsibility of the research is considered to be the way in which it addresses
the different issues of the research ethics and social responsibility that could be towards
consideration of the issues which people face in the society (Soundararajan, Jamali and Spence,
2018). In this research the individuals and companies have a duty to act in the best interests of
their environment and society which as whole is considered to be more effective in the company
for taking voluntary action as opposed to being required by the government. This research has

ensured that it has not said anything which is anti social and is considered to clash with the
ethical responsibilities of the individual which are participated as respondents for primary data.
This research ensures the output and its relation with the stakeholders understanding which are
going to be the reader, the company and the tutor.
Integrity and transparency
For this research there has been use of honest and verifiable methods which are proposed,
performing and evaluated research. It is considered to be essential for research results which are
particular in giving attention to the adherence of rules and regulations (Wallach, Gonsalves and
Ross, 2018). It is helpful for the guidelines which for following commonly accepted professional
codes or norms. The research transparency means that the methods used in the analysis of the
data of the research are needs to be reported in order to ensure that it is viable and the work is not
repeated.
Maximising benefit and minimising harm
Harm is a contested concept in the research and it can be said that this research is not
causing much harm (Abrams and et.al., 2018). Only when the respondents are asked questions
for survey their time is somewhat considered to be misused. This is the reason consent has been
taken for utilizing their time and information. The benefit of this research is related to the
different issues of the employee turn over which it is able to solve from the results of the
information that has been developed
CONCLUSION
With the help of this project it can be concluded that this research about the employee
turn over has been very ethical and has provided the results related to the study with proper
integrity and honesty. This research has been able to critically consider the research project
which are associated with difficulties that are present in ethics involved in research decision-
making. This research has also provided the demonstration of the different transferable skills
which has been included in the ethical considerations of the research that are time management,
project management etc.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abrams, D.B., and et.al., 2018. Harm minimization and tobacco control: reframing societal
views of nicotine use to rapidly save lives. Annual review of public health. 39. pp.193-
213.
Iphofen, R. ed., 2020. Handbook of research ethics and scientific integrity. Cham: Springer.
Lancaster, K., 2017. Confidentiality, anonymity and power relations in elite interviewing:
conducting qualitative policy research in a politicised domain. International Journal of
Social Research Methodology. 20(1). pp.93-103.
Soundararajan, V., Jamali, D. and Spence, L.J., 2018. Small business social responsibility: A
critical multilevel review, synthesis and research agenda. International Journal of
Management Reviews. 20(4). pp.934-956.
Wallach, J.D., Gonsalves, G.S. and Ross, J.S., 2018. Research, regulatory, and clinical decision-
making: the importance of scientific integrity. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 93.
pp.88-93.
Zangirolami-Raimundo, J., Echeimberg, J.D.O. and Leone, C., 2018. Research methodology
topics: Cross-sectional studies. Journal of Human Growth and Development.28(3).
pp.356-360.