Lesson 7: ETHICAL STANDARD IN RESEARCH

Ethical standard - means following the right procedure/ protocol in conducting research.
ETHICAL STANDARD IN WRITING REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE.

1. Understand the Intellectual Property (IP) rights

Intellectual property (IP) – refers to creations of the mind such as inventions, literary and artistic
works and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.

 According to this law, it is illegal to grab an image off someone else's web page and put it
on your web page without the permission of the copyright owner.
 To protect the owners, from illegal use of their intellectual property, a copyright law
comes into view.

Two categories of IP

 Industrial property - which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and
geographic indications of source.
 Copyright - which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films,
musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and
architectural designs.

2. To understand the ethical use of information

Helps you understand the ethical use of information by providing information on quoting,
paraphrasing, and citing the work of others and on recognizing and avoiding plagiarism.

Tips of maintaining the use of ethical information:

 cite the author/s name to give respect of credit of his/ their property.
 When citing other people literary work, use direct quotation by putting quotation in entire words
and cite your source.
 Bibliography or references is a good evidence to support that your review of related literature
demonstrates scholarly materials with credible evidence
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