Role of Ethics in Modern day Research

Research Methodology
- Role of Ethics in
Modern day Research

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Research ethics............................................................................................................................3
Concerned with research ethics...................................................................................................3
Standard ethical principles and obligations to (prospective) research participants....................4
Problems with codes of ethical conduct......................................................................................5
Ethical issues in practitioner and action research.......................................................................5
Considering ethical issues and dilemmas in research.................................................................6
Professional responsibility – avoidance of exploitation of research participants ......................6
Research can be harmful:............................................................................................................7
Ethical malpractice exists............................................................................................................8
BERA (2004) Revised Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research........................................8
ESRC (2005) Research Ethics Framework.................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Ethics are consider as set of principles and guidelines that help a person to perform
actions that are morally right. The ethics also plays a crucial role within an investigation as it
help in ensuring that the right set of information must be presented to the beneficiaries in right
manner without harming them in any manner. The current report is based on the role that ethics
plays within an investigation and manner it is helpful to the participants involved. This report
involve detail about research ethics, its concern, Standard ethical principles and obligations to
(prospective) research participants (Hair Jr, Page and Brunsveld, 2019). In addition to this it also
involve detail about codes of ethical conduct issues, professional responsibility, harm that
research involved for participants, ethical malpractice, BERA (2004) and ESRC (2005) Research
Ethics Framework.
MAIN BODY
Research ethics
Ethics refers to the set of norms or standards which guide moral choice regarding the
behaviour as well as relationship shared with others. Research ethics plays a significant role in
presenting the most accurate and reliable information. The main aim of ethics within an
investigation is that it provide an assurance that no one get harmed from the research activities
performed by the investigator. There are number of unethical practices that get mainly performed
within an investigation such as, Violating disclosure agreement, misrepresenting results,
deceiving participants, padded invoices, breaking confidentiality and avoiding legal liability.
Concerned with research ethics
The research ethics are mainly considered as set of rules whether written or unwritten
which governs the manner in which an investigation must be conducted (Parsa-Parsi, 2017) . The
research ethics must be concerned by an investigator while performing the investigation due to
following reasons,
 It help in promoting the aim of research by expanding the knowledge.
 It support in creating value required due to collaborative work that includes fairness and
mutual respect which is essential as the success of an investigation wholly depends over
the collaboration among the groups and researcher.