ReseaRch ethics

ethics
a branch of philosophy that deals with the rightness or
wrongness of an action.
 ethical PRinciPles
• Minimizing then risk of harm.
• Obtaining Informed consent
• Protecting anonymity and confidentiality
• Avoiding deceptive practices
• Proper research content
 Let’s Practice!
• You conduct a phenomenological study of teenage students
from a public school system. You conduct an in-depth
interview with a teenager to whom you have promised
confidentiality. She started to tell you about how her
stepfather was getting too friendly with her and had touched
her in those “special places.” She tells you she is depressed
and plans to commit Suicide. You believe she means it. Can
you break your promise? If so, who do you tell?
 Let’s Practice!
• You interview senior high school students about life
on campus. One student tells you that his roommate
seems seriously depressed and spends much time on
the internet looking at sites for making bombs. Would
you tell someone?