Ethics in Research

Ethics in Research

1. Definition of Ethics

   • Difference between Ethics and morallity
     • Ethics
       • Philosophy that studies moral values
         • Tries to guide society to a good behavior
     • Morality
       • Values and norms applied from society
         • Defines what's right and wrong not by sense but they think is right
   • What are Ethics?
     • Rational knowledge used to guide human actions
       • Very important on research scenarios

2. Importance of Ethics in research

   • Prevents plagiarism and theft
     • Protects investigator's ideas and research
     • Ensures proper citation and credit to original authors.
   • Protects information's integrity
     • Avoid manipulated results
     • Promotes honesty and transparency
   • Promotes responsible research
     • Prevents experimenting on living sentient beings
     • Encourages to collect accurate data from research

3. Main Ethical Issues in Research

   • Plagiarism
     • Unauthorized use from someone else work
     • No proper referencing of papers
   • Data Manipulation
     • Selectively mislead readers with specific information
     • Manipulating or falsifying research
   • Lack of Consent from the Studied
     • Participants could be unaware of the study
     • Researchers must respect the participants
     • Manipulation of the participants isn't allowed either

4. Ethical Principles

   • Free and Informed Consent
     • Participants must voluntarily agree to take pare of research
     • The participants should be given clear and complete info about research
       • This includes
         • Risks
         • Benefits
   • Protection of all Personal Data
     • Ethical committees review research
       • Prevents misuse of data
     • Researchers must secure confidentiality and anonymity to the studied
     • No sensitive data shall be exposed to the public
       • Without consent
   • Recommendations for a safe research
     • All studies must minimize damages done to:
       • Animals
       • Plants
       • Humans
       • Environment
     • Ethical approval must be achieved before conducting research

5. Challenges of Online Research

   • Increased risk of identity theft
     • AI technology may advance into aparenting to be a person
   • Loss of Anonymity
     • Most researches require personal data
     • AI is now able to get personal data easily without encryption
   • Increased risk of data breach
     • Participants may be unaware of how their data is used

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