online class  · Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Considerations Ethical Considerations in Research Transcript Key Events in Ethical Research Transcript Readings Use your Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods text to read the following: Chapter 17, "Ethical Considerations in the Practice of Research," pages 249–261. Chapter 18, "Multicultural Issues in Research," pages 262–273. Internet article Use the Internet to complete the following article: Read the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research's " The Belmont Report ." Assignment Application: Ethical and Cultural Considerations After completing the study activities in this unit, discuss how you will apply two ethical principles and two cultural considerations to your pre-proposal assignment. The suggested length of this post is 300–400. This post needs to be supported with at least two references. Response Guidelines Respond to the posts of two peers, extending the discussion. Consider sharing a professional experience with using codes of ethics or describing a cultural consideration about which you still have questions. Each peer response needs to be supported with one reference 1 st Peer Post Sheperis, Young and Daniels (2010) explain how if a counselor and/or researcher does not engage in ethical research practices, then harm could come to the participants.  This application of ethics extends not only to the data collecting portion of the research, but also the design of the study as well as the publication of the results (Sheperis, Young & Daniels, 2010).  One ethical principle that will play a role in my pre-proposal is obtaining the signed informed consent from all participants.  Since my research will be working with individuals who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia it will be important to make sure that the participants understand the informed consent and are competent to sign (ACA, 2014).  The family members of the individual with schizophrenia should also confirm that they understand the informed consent and are competent to sign.  No one will be allowed to participant if there is not consent, and understanding of the consent.  Another ethical principle that will apply to my pre-proposal is ensuring the autonomy and safety of the participants (ACA, 2014).  It is the responsibility of the researchers to ensure that all participants are treated fairly and given a chance to voice their thoughts, opinions, and concerns.  If any participant has diminished capacity the researchers must protect those individuals from potential harm (Sheperis, Young & Daniels, 2010).  A cultural consideration for my pre-proposal falls within working with a group of participants that have a mental illness.  It is imperative to ensure that the individuals who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia do not feel stereotyped or minimized in any way.  In the publication of the results it is also important that the.

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Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Considerations
Ethical Considerations in Research
Transcript
Key Events in Ethical Research
Transcript
Readings
Use your
Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed
Methods
text to read the following:
Chapter 17, "Ethical Considerations in the Practice of
Research," pages 249–261.
Chapter 18, "Multicultural Issues in Research," pages 262–273.
Internet article
Use the Internet to complete the following article:
Read the National Commission for the Protection of Human
Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research's "
The Belmont Report
."

2. Assignment
Application: Ethical and Cultural Considerations
After completing the study activities in this unit, discuss how
you will apply two ethical principles and two cultural
considerations to your pre-proposal assignment. The suggested
length of this post is 300–400. This post needs to be supported
with at least two references.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts of two peers, extending the discussion.
Consider sharing a professional experience with using codes of
ethics or describing a cultural consideration about which you
still have questions. Each peer response needs to be supported
with one reference
1
st
Peer Post
Sheperis, Young and Daniels (2010) explain how if a counselor
and/or researcher does not engage in ethical research practices,
then harm could come to the participants. This application of
ethics extends not only to the data collecting portion of the
research, but also the design of the study as well as the
publication of the results (Sheperis, Young & Daniels, 2010).
One ethical principle that will play a role in my pre-proposal is
obtaining the signed informed consent from all participants.
Since my research will be working with individuals who have
been diagnosed with schizophrenia it will be important to make
sure that the participants understand the informed consent and
are competent to sign (ACA, 2014). The family members of the
individual with schizophrenia should also confirm that they
understand the informed consent and are competent to sign. No
one will be allowed to participant if there is not consent, and
understanding of the consent. Another ethical principle that
will apply to my pre-proposal is ensuring the autonomy and
safety of the participants (ACA, 2014). It is the responsibility

3. of the researchers to ensure that all participants are treated
fairly and given a chance to voice their thoughts, opinions, and
concerns. If any participant has diminished capacity the
researchers must protect those individuals from potential harm
(Sheperis, Young & Daniels, 2010).
A cultural consideration for my pre-proposal falls within
working with a group of participants that have a mental illness.
It is imperative to ensure that the individuals who have been
diagnosed with schizophrenia do not feel stereotyped or
minimized in any way. In the publication of the results it is
also important that the researchers do not generalize this group
of individuals (Sheperis, Young & Daniels, 2010). Another
cultural consideration that may come into play with this
research is test adaptation. Since the participants will be
including their families in this study, there could be a chance
that the family members do not speak English as their first
language. If there were any change of them misunderstanding
any of the assessment tools used, or a chance that they did not
understand English enough to participant in the verbal portions
of the research, there would need to be an adaptation made to
the assessment to be in the language the participant understands
(Sheperis, Young & Daniels, 2010). If these cultural
considerations are not taken into account this study could cause
harm to the participants in many ways, including
misrepresentation of data or causing offense to the participants.
Resources
American Counseling Association (2014). ACA Code of Ethics.
Alexandria, VA: Author.
Sheperis, C. J., Young, J. S., & Daniels, M. H. (2010).
Counseling research: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed
methods. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc.
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4. Peer Post
Application: Ethical and Cultural Considerations
Ethical principles should apply in everything a person does,
whether in private or professional life. According to our text,
using ethics is part of being responsible, using integrity, and
knowing the difference between right or wrong. (Sheperis,
Young, & Daniels, 2010)
My pre-proposal assignment is going to include researching
children and the connection with dyslexia. When working with
children there are several ethical considerations a researcher
must adhere to before undergoing the research project.
Informed consent (ACA G.2.a) is very important when working
with clients. It is a researchers obligation to make sure the
clients in the study are informed of their rights and
responsibilities, as well as be given information on what the
research is for , if the research is untried, if the research will
be uncomfortable, and the procedures the research will use. In
this research study, the limits of confidentiality must be advised
because the research may be shared with interested parties, such
as educational providers, and it is important to advise the
parents of the children, they can remove their children as
participants at any time. Which brings up another ethical
consideration, due to the fact the participant will be children,
they are persons not capable of giving informed consent, which
means their guardians are the ones who will have to agree to let
their children participate. (ACA, G.2.e) Of the many ethical
considerations which should be used for this research, one more
ethical consideration should be mentioned. Children who are
diagnosed with dyslexia often have low self-esteem.
Researchers working with children who may already have low
self-esteem should make sure they do not further harm to the
participants, (G.1.e) ("As approved by the ACA Governing
Council," 2014)
The cultural considerations which should be included in my pre-
proposal research would be to recognize there is diversity in
dyslexia. Dyslexia seems to affect all cultures. The cultural

5. considerations which would be given would be to make sure
information would be given in the language needed, which
includes any assessments, it would not be fair to try and
research dyslexia in English if the student only reads and write
in Spanish. Using these two approaches will help recognize
cultural diversity in research.