2. What is ethics?
– Ethics is the morality of a human act by morality we mean the rightness or
wrongness of a human act.
3. What are these ethics in
research?
1. INFORMED CONSENT
- This is required to secure in order to protect the rights of the participants in your
study.
2. HONESTY
- It reports data, results, methods, and procedures, and publication status. Do not
fabricate, falsify and misrepresent the data.
3. OBJECTIVITY
– Avoid bias in research design, data, analysis, data interpretation, peer review,
personal decisions, grant writing, expert testimony, and other aspects of research.
4. What are these ethics in
research?
4. INTEGRITY
– Keep your promises and agreements.
5. CAREFULLNESS
– Avoid careless errors and negligence; carefully and critically examine your work and the
work of your peers.
6. OPENNESS
– Be open to criticism and new ideas.
7. RESPECT FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
– Honor patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other forms of intellectual
property.
5. What are these ethics in
research?
8. CONFIDENTIALITY
– Protect confidential communications, such as papers or grants submitted for
publications, personnel records, trade or military secrets, and patient records.
9. RESPONSIBLE MENTORING
– Help to educate, mentor and advise others.
10. RESPONSIBLE PUBLICATION
– Publish in order to advance research and scholarship, not to advance your own
career.
6. What are these ethics in
research?
11. RESPECT FOR COLLEAGUES
– Respect your colleagues’ opinions, treat them fairly, and do not outsmart others.
12. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
– Strive to promote social acceptance and prevent or mitigate social harm through
research, public education, and advocacy.
13. NON-DISCRIMINATION
– Avoid discrimination against colleagues or students on the basis of sex, race,
ethnicity, or other factors that are not related to their scientific competence and
integrity.
7. What are these ethics in
research?
14. COMPETENCE
– Maintain and improve your own professional competence and expertise through lifelong
education and learning.
15. LEGALITY
– Know and obey relevant laws and institutional and government policies.
16. ANIMAL CARE
– Show proper respect and care for animals when using them in research.
17. HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTECTIONAL
– When conducting research on human subjects, minimize harms and risk and maximize
benefits.