Question

are ethics in research clear cut , or do you think there are dime grey areas ?

Answer 1

Answer: The research in ethics are important. It enables the researcher to focus on the research more apparently. Ethics in research is a matter of concern because the research may lead to various outputs, it is very uncertain about the results. So, the harm, problem the volunteers or the participants faces is a matter of concern. The research ethics involves:

• Voluntary participation
• Justice
• Beneficence
• Right to privacy
• Informed consent
• Confidentiality.

The ethics are very clear as it is based on the moral principles. So, the grey areas could be sometimes arises such as the ethics are undefined. It means most of the time things that concerns researchers may not concern to the participants or vice versa. The impact on the participants may be not positive but research may not show concern etc.