BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS

Chapter

18
Ethical Issues in Business
Research

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 Ethical Issues in
Business
Research

Ethical issues in business research:

Ethics is treatment of the respondent
 Right to privacy
 Right to choose
 Right to safety
 Right to be informed
Ethics in treatment of buyers and clients
 The method for conducting the research should be accurate.
 The researcher should keep the identity of the client disguised
 If client advises to conduct unethical research, the researcher should refuse
to take up the ill-advise research for his clients.

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 Ethical Issues in
Business
Research

Ethics in Treatment of Researcher

 Selecting the bidders
 Limited funds
 Non-availability of the data
 Pseudo-Pilot studies
 Political research

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