The document outlines several ethical principles that should be followed when conducting interviews: 1) Consider the comfort and needs of the interview subject by offering drinks, indicating bathroom locations, and providing comfortable seating. Ask if they need anything else. 2) Explain the purpose and nature of the interview, and obtain the subject's written consent to participate. They have the right to opt out or skip questions. 3) Be honest about the interview purpose and avoid emotionally upsetting or difficult questions that could cause distress. Respect the subject's opinions even if you disagree.

1. Ethical Principles
Involved in interviews

2. Inclusiveness
Think of the specific needs of the person you
are interviewing and try to make them as
comfortable as possible:
• Offer them something to drink
• Let them know where the toilet is
• Make sure they have somewhere
comfortable to sit
• Ask them if they would like anything
specific

3. Permission
• You should explain the specific purpose
and nature of the interview to the person
• You should then ask them to give their
explicit written consent to participate.

4. Withdrawing consent
• It should be explained to the person that
they have the right to opt out of the
interview at any point
• They are also free to pass or skip any
question if they do not feel comfortable
answering it

5. Honesty
• You should be honest with the person you
are interviewing about the nature and
purpose of the interview

6. Minimize harm
• You should do no harm to the person when
interviewing them
• You should avoid any situations or
activities that could cause the person
distress or upset
• This includes avoiding asking questions
that the person might find difficult to
answer or emotionally upsetting

7. Acceptance
• It is your responsibility to acknowledge that
the person you are interviewing has a right
to their own opinions and beliefs about the
topic.
• You may not share these beliefs or they
might be different from your opinion but it
is important that the person feels listened to
and their opinion is respected.

8. Anonymization
• The person being interviewed has a right to
protect their identity.
• You can choose not to refer to them by name
in the interview.
• Alternatively you can choose a fake name or
Pseudonym to refer to them during the
interview
• Do not store personal information and
interview recordings in the same place

9. Confidentiality & Data protection
• Recordings of the interviews and consent
forms should be uploaded to iScoil as soon
as possible after the interviews.
• After it has been acknowledged that this
data has been received you should delete
and destroy any recordings and forms with
personal information on them
• You should not keep the person’s
information in any format for any longer
than necessary