Knowra Research ethics Research ethics Research ethics comprises principles and practices for conducting studies responsibly, protecting participants, and reporting methods and findings honestly.
Informed consent : A process through which people receive relevant information and voluntarily agree to participate in research. It makes participation a choice grounded in understandable information about a study.
Institutional review board : A committee that reviews research involving human participants to protect their rights and welfare. In the United States, these committees assess study risks, consent, and safeguards.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study : A U.S. Public Health Service study that followed Black men with syphilis without adequately informing them or providing penicillin. Its deception and withheld treatment helped drive reforms in U.S. human-subject protections.
Research misconduct : Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, conducting, reviewing, or reporting research. It is a defined subset of integrity violations, not a label for every ethical lapse.
Reproducibility : The ability to obtain consistent results using the same data, code, and analytical procedures. Transparent records let others check whether reported analyses can be reproduced.
Research risk–benefit analysis : A systematic assessment of possible harms and benefits associated with a research study. Ethical review weighs anticipated harms against the study’s value before approving it.
Research ethics committee : An independent body that reviews the ethical acceptability of proposed research involving people. Such committees provide formal ethical review in many countries and institutions.
Nazi human experimentation : Coercive and often lethal experiments conducted on prisoners by Nazi physicians during World War II. The atrocities prompted the Nuremberg Code’s explicit emphasis on voluntary consent.
Scientific fraud : Intentional deception in scientific work, such as inventing or manipulating evidence. Fraud concerns deliberate deceit, while ethical problems can also arise without it.
Research transparency : Openness about research methods, data, analysis, funding, and potential conflicts of interest. Disclosure makes studies easier to scrutinize and hidden influences easier to identify.
Show all 27 Linked from 51 pages Ethics Broader topic : It sets duties for researchers toward participants and the integrity of inquiry.
Ethnography Related : Long-term access and close relationships make consent, privacy, and harm central concerns.
Field experiment Narrower topic : Interventions in everyday settings can affect people who did not expect to be studied.
Bioethics Broader topic : It addresses the ethical design and oversight of biomedical studies.
Consent Related : Human-subjects research requires safeguards for voluntary, informed participation.
Qualitative research Narrower topic : Interviews and observation require decisions about consent, privacy, risk, and representation.
Professional ethics Broader topic : Research ethics sets safeguards for participants, data, and trustworthy findings.
Participant observation Related : Observation can expose private conduct, unequal power, and risks to participants.
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