Ethics Flashcards
Ethical issues
Moral concerns arising from research
Deception
Deliberately misleading or falsely informing participants about the nature of research
Risks of stress anxiety pain or humiliation
Research that could induce more than minimal pain through repetitive or prolonged testing
Invasive testing such as administration of drugs, or vigorous physical exercise would not be considered as everyday life and considered unethical
Risks to participants values beliefs relationships
Research that is likely to face this type of risk focuses on socially sensitive topics eg sexuality
And includes potentially sensitive data
Confidentiality
Third parties should not be able to trace info back to individual participants. Achieved through anonymity
Using numbers
Working with vulnerable individuals
Children under age 16
Lacking mental capacity
People in care
And people engaged in illegal activity such as drug use
Issues of consent
Working with animals
Research with animals is strictly controlled
Ethical guidelines
3Rs
Must have licenses from home office
Ways of dealing with ethical issues
Ethical committees
Guidelines
Debriefing
Right to withdraw
Ethical guidelines
Provide a set of moral principles that guide research from its inception through to completion and publication of results
Ethical committees
The board in place to ensure proposed research meets the standards of the current ethical codes of conduct and guidelines
There will be cost benefit analysis and suggestions for any modifications
Debriefing
A method which aims to ensure participants are aware of the true nature of the study (overcoming deception) it should return the participant back to their original state