Ethical Issues in Research and Publications Presented By

Ethical Issues in Research and Publications

Presented By

Sangeetha S.

Lissy Bennet

Introduction

• Ethics are norms of conduct that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
• Ethics are the principles and guidelines that help us to uphold things we value.

Meaning

• Research Ethics involves the application of fundamental ethical principles to a variety of topics involving scientific research.
• Research ethics educates and monitors a scientist conducting a research to ensure a high ethical standards.

Importance of Research Ethics

• Respect and cause no harm to the participants.
• As a sign of respect for other researchers and cause no harm to the participants.
• It is a professional requirement
• It is a requirement to obtain funding.
• Failing to conduct research ethically result in research/researcher being dismissed or rejected by the research community.

Basic Principles of Research Ethics

• Honesty
• Objectivity
• Integrity
• Carefulness
• Openness

• Respect for intellectual property
• Confidentiality
• Respect for colleagues
• Non discrimination
• Social Responsibility

Important areas in Research Ethics

• Authorship
• Plagiarism
• Peer Review
• Research with animals
• Research with human subjects
• Research misconduct

Authorship

• Research evolves from collaboration and assistance between experts and colleagues
• Authorship is the process of deciding about ‘on who names a research paper belongs’.
• “Authorship is reserved for persons who receives primary credit and hold primary responsibility for a published work”
• It decides which colleagues should be listed as authors or co- authors.

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