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RESEARCH ETHICS
DR. AMAN ULLAH
B.SC. MEDICAL LAB. TECHNOLOGY PH.D. MICROBIOLOGY LECRURER, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, PAKISTAN WHAT IS RESEARCH ETHICS?
• Research ethics provides guidelines for the
responsible conduct of research • It educates and monitors scientists conducting research to ensure a high ethical standard IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Honesty: • Honestly report data, results, methods and procedures, and publication status. Do not fabricate, falsify, or misrepresent data Objectivity: • Strive to avoid bias in experimental design, data analysis, data interpretation, peer review, personnel decisions, grant writing, expert testimony, and other aspects of research IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Integrity: • Keep your promises and agreements; act with sincerity; strive for consistency of thought and action. Carefulness: • Avoid careless errors and negligence; carefully and critically examine your own work and the work of your peers. Keep good records of research activities. IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Openness: • Share data, results, ideas, tools, resources. Be open to criticism and new ideas. Respect for Intellectual Property: • Honor patents, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property. Do not use unpublished data, methods, or results without permission. Give credit where credit is due. Never plagiarize IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Confidentiality: • Protect confidential communications, such as papers or grants submitted for publication, personnel records, trade or military secrets, and patient records. Responsible Publication: • Publish in order to advance research and scholarship, not to advance just your own career. Avoid wasteful and duplicative publication. IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Responsible Mentoring: • Help to educate, mentor, and advise students. Promote their welfare and allow them to make their own decisions. Respect for Colleagues: • Respect your colleagues and treat them fairly IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Social Responsibility: • Strive to promote social good and prevent or mitigate social harms through research, public education, and advocacy Non-Discrimination: • Avoid discrimination against colleagues or students on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or other factors that are not related to their scientific competence and integrity IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Competence: • Maintain and improve your own professional competence and expertise through lifelong education and learning; take steps to promote competence in science as a whole. Legality: • Know and obey relevant laws and institutional and governmental policies IMPORTANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Animal Care: • Show proper respect and care for animals when using them in research. Do not conduct unnecessary or poorly designed animal experiments. Human Subjects Protection: • When conducting research on human subjects, minimize harms and risks and maximize benefits; respect human dignity, privacy, and autonomy • Source: What is Ethics in Research & Why is it Important? U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS KHURRAMTHALWI@GMAIL.COM
