research ethics
Investigation moral standards
Research ethics are principles governing how studies involving human or animal subjects should be conducted.
The field emerged largely from abuses—Nazi experiments, the Tuskegee syphilis study—that revealed the need for informed consent, minimization of harm, and institutional oversight.
Research ethics now shapes everything from clinical trials to social science surveys: The study was approved by the research ethics board.
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
Tuskegee · transparency · conflicts of interest · Nuremberg · anonymity · ghostwriting · HIPAA compliance · animal testing · accountability · whistleblower protection · confidentiality · data privacy · bias · beneficence · human subjects · voluntary participation · reproducibility · exploitation
- researchstudy, archive, peer review, investigating, citation
- policiespolicy, act, code of conduct, workplace policies, public policy
- bioethicsgenetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence, physician-assisted death, human subjects
- Academic Standardspeer review, thesis defense, dissertation, rubrics, grading
- Campus Rulesacademic integrity, grading policy, attendance, plagiarism, academic probation
- research ethicsfabrication, falsification, authorship, informed consent, Nuremberg Code
research ethicsplagiarism
Unattributed use of others' work
academic dishonesty · image manipulation · data manipulation · selective reporting · salami slicing
research ethicsStanford prison experiment
Simulated incarceration psychology study
research ethicsconflict of interest
Compromised impartiality from competing stakes
unethical conduct · ethical violations · deceptive practices
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