Ethical Questions and Concerns in Research Projects

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What are the ethical questions or concerns that pertains research project?
During research, there are ethical questions that must be put in place to ensure
that the research is successful. The right of research participants must be put in order
this will make the participants safe and willing to give out information. The principal
of voluntary participation should ensure that people are not forced in participating in
research (Wallace and Sheldon, 2015). This principal is relevant were the researcher
had relied on for their subject like in collages and prison. Another concern that
pertains research project is informed consent. This is an ethical issue since the
researcher should inform the participants on the risks involved in doing the research
and the procedures to be followed and they should give their consent to participate
(Beins, 2017). Ethical standards also want the researcher to keep the participants away
from risk of harm as a result of their participation.
During research, it is ethical and of concern that the identity of researchers is
protected. This can be done when the researcher employ two standard which are
confidentiality and anonymity. Confidentiality is when the information about the
participant is kept from the reach of others even those who were involved in the
research while anonymity is a stricter standard that ensures that participants remain
anonymous throughout the research. Finally, good researchers should deal with
ethical issue of a person's right to service (Hair et al., 2015). This involve the use of
no treat control group which means the participants don’t the program or the treat that
is being studied. But if the program or treatment is effected beneficially, the people
assigned to the no-treatment control may feel their rights to equally access the issue.

RESEARCH REPORT AND WRITING
Even if there exist clear principles and standards, there will times when the
urge to do accurate research runs up against the rights of the people involved in
research. There is no set of standards that can possibly anticipate every ethical issues
in formulating research plan. To solve this issues, most institutions have developed
institution review boards, a panel of people who review grand proposal with respect to
ethical implications and determine if additional actions should be taken to ensure
participants are safe and secure (Thomas, 2017). By doing this, IRB protects the
organization against legal implications of failing to address important issues.
Why are they important to address for your project to be successful?
There are many reasons why ethical issues should be adhered to for the
success of the project. First, it promotes the aim of the research like truth, knowledge,
and avoidance of errors. Secondly, it promotes value that is needed for collective
work like respect and trust since research involve people from different departments
(Bryman and Bell, 2015). For instance, some of the ethical norm in research such as
copyright, patenting policy, and confidential rule in peer review are designed to
encourage collaboration at the same time to protect intellectual property interest
Third reason is because ethical norms help to ensure that researchers can be
held accountable to the public. For example, conflict of interest, animal care, and
human subject protection are vital to make sure researchers are on toes. Fourth public
support is built through ethical norm. People are willing to fund a research project if
they are capable of tracing its integrity (Maylor et al, 2016). Finally, many ethical
norms promote social values and morals such as human rights, social responsibility,
public health and safety, animal welfare among others.