ETHICAL

PRINCIPLES
AND RULES IN
SURVEY
RESEARCH
 Respect whatever decision a
person has about your research
work for his
participation in your study comes
solely from his or her own
decision-
making powers.
Make sure that your study will be
instrumental in elevating the
living
conditions of people around you
or in bringing about world
progress.
 Conduct your research work in a
way that the respondents will be
safe from any injury or damage
that may arise from their physical
and emotional
involvement in the study.
 Practice honesty and
truthfulness in reporting
about the results of
your study.
 Accept the reality that the
nature, kind, and extent of
responses to your
questions depend solely on the
dispositions of the respondents.
 Decide properly
which information
should go public or
secret.
 Stick to your promise of
safeguarding the secrecy of
some information you
obtained from the
respondents.