Ethical Considerations

The study was approved by the Ethical Review Board; hence ethical reflections are very

important to make the study transparent and truthful in terms of the participants’ responses.

According to P. Chetty (2016), ethical considerations form a major element in a research. The

researcher needs to adhere to promote the aims of the research imparting authentic knowledge,

truth and prevention of error. Moreover, following ethics enables scholars to deal collaborative

approach towards their study with the assistance of their peers, mentors and other contributors to

the study.

Informed Consent. Furthermore, Williamson (2007) suggests that researchers must

ensure participants are fully aware of what they are getting into so that they can give an informed

consent prior to participating. An informed consent sheet has contents related to the purpose and

duration of the study, nature of involvement, and how the confidentiality of the participants and

of their contributions will be ensured (Miller & Boulton, 2007; Williamson, 2007). Ethics in

research must not only consider the protection of human subjects but also consider what

constitutes socially responsible research (Schwandt, 2007). In order to attain this, the researchers

followed the set of ethical standards to ensure the participants’ well-being.

Confidentiality. In collecting, analyzing, and reporting data, the researchers guarantee

that the participants' identities are protected and not revealed to others. There is no participant

should ever be coerced to provide information with the researcher that the respondent does not

want to reveal. J. Olejarczyk; Y. Michael (2021) argued that the concept of human rights refers to

minimum standards for the way’s persons can expect to be treated by others, the concept of

ethics refers to customary standards for the way’s persons should treat others. In other words, the
researchers will be mindful of the ethical implications when managing the relationships that

develop through the research.