Ethical Considerations in Research: Paid vs Unpaid Research

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Ethics are based on well-founded standards of right or wrong in terms of behaviour,
obligations, fairness, benefits to society and specific virtues. Ethics also refers to the study
and development of one's ethical standards. (Gillan and Pickerill, 2012). The roots of ethics
are spread widely and in the field of researches, it has played a crucial role in considering
various significant procedures.
Ethical considerations form a major element in research and it makes researchers adhere the
prominent ways to conduct researches. It includes reporting reliable knowledge, truth and
prevention of faults (Qu and Dumay, 2011). There are several principles related to ethical
considerations such as –
 Research participants should not be subjected to harm in anyways.
 Prior to study, full consent needs to be obtained from the participants.
 Privacy of research participants needs to be secured.
 Appropriate level of confidentiality in terms of research data.
Ethical considerations enable academics and scholars to deal cooperative approach towards
their study with provision of their mentors, peers, and other contributors to the study. There is
also requirement of various values alike fairness, accountability and mutual respect among all
users involved in a study. Other importance of ethical considerations include-
 Promoting original, authentic and true knowledge by avoiding errors.
 To encourage values of co-operative work.
 Public accountability.
 It also helps in maintaining integrity and quality including human rights, legal
compliances, social and moral values, etc.
Now, it is to be identified the difference between paid research and unpaid research viewed.
Payments are offered to compensate research participants for the fair value of their time, and
their acceptance to accept research-related burdens including their contribution to research. It
is also termed as an incentive to overcome various barriers. On the other hand, it allows more
gathering of participation and reflects as a sign of respect. Unpaid researches are possibly
competitive and exercise reduced speed in the procedure of completion, however, paid
researches can be called for rapid publication (Bianchi and Milkie, 2010). There is a
difference between both sort of researches as paid researches greatly reduce the potential for
undue inducement, gives value standardization across studies and adheres to the principle of
justice with paying similar individuals similar amounts. The difference is also due to various