Description
Read the following then summarize these chapter 300 words each.
- Creswell, Chapter 4
- Neuman, Chapter 3, 5
based on readings answer these questions
- What is truth? How does the researcher balance the need for ethical research protocols with the mission of determining truth? What might be ethical dilemmas or questions in research you might be interested in?
800-850 words then reply two two students.
Overview
This module’s topics are:
- Ethical considerations
- Issues with research design
- Problem statements
- Significance of the problem
Notes from professor.
Writing a Research Proposal
- What do readers need to better understand your topic?
- What do readers need to know about your topic?
- What do you propose to study?
- What is the setting, and who are the people you will study?
- What methods do you plan to use to collect data?
- How will you analyze the data?
- How will you validate your findings?
- What ethical issues will your study present?
- What do preliminary results show about the practicability and
value of the proposed study?
Writing a Research Proposal
- Proposal writing for different types of research methods
- Different strategies for writing, writing better
- Literature Review
Contextual
Historical
Integrative
Methodological
Self-Study specific
- How to Conduct a Systematic Literature Review?
Tips and explanations of different methods
- Literature Review and the Web!
Ethics and Research
- Ethics: The branch of PHILOSOPHY that investigates morality
and, in particular, the variables of thinking by which human
contact is guided and may be appraised
- From Greek ethos: character, characteristics of a culture
- Practical Ethics
Engineering ethics
Ethics of science
Bioethics
Medical ethics
Environmental ethics
Public ethics
Media ethics
Political ethics
Ethics and Research
- Why do we need to worry about ethics?
- Ethical vs. Legal?
- What can be the challenges?
- Are the challenges different in different research methods?
- Issues of Consent, Privacy, Copyrights, Legal Standards,
Cultural Expectations and Practices
- Sharing and Storage of Data
- Risks of the Researchers
- Cases of “Ethical Controversies” in Neuman Chapter 5
- Whistle-Blowin
Response to Med
What is truth? How does the researcher balance the need for ethical research protocols with the mission of determining truth?
Truth is defined by a persons opinions, moral beliefs, and knowledge, but that doesnt necessarily mean its accurate for other people or that other people will agree with what one person believes to be true. According to Neuman (2015), the human condition can improve by pursuing truth through the accumulation of knowledge, ignorance declines, and conditions enhance (pp. 98). However, truth can be different for everyone because it is based upon information and knowledge that is accessible to an individual and as we all know, not everyone has equal access to the same quality and quantity of information.
It is crucial for researchers to remain as unbiased as possible when conducting scientific research and what they believe to be true should be irrelevant. In order for a researcher to balance ethical research protocols, but also search for truth would require them to carefully practice boundaries. When performing research, following those ethical protocols should be held above anything else including finding an answer or truth to the posed question or issue. This is especially the case for protocols involving privacy and safety for both the participants and the researchers, as well as following to protocols to preserve research authenticity. According to Neuman (2015) although ethical issues and rules may be subject to interpretation, researchers must uphold ethical standards to remain in the professional science community (pp. 155). Additionally, these codes of ethics are what defend ethical research authenticity and accuracy (Neuman, 2015, pp. 156).
What might be ethical dilemmas or questions in research you might be interested in?
Although I havent decided on a specific research question, there are common ethical dilemmas and questions that come up when preparing for or conducting research. Research comprises of collecting data about people, from people (Creswell, 2014, pp. 92). With that said some of the ethical dilemmas could involve the authenticity, credibility, or personal disclosure of my research (Creswell, 2014, pp. 92). In addition, others could include situations like negotiating authorship for publication, not putting pressure on participants to sign consent forms, or even respecting the needs of vulnerable people (Creswell, 2014, pp. 93). Its very clear that a lot of careful thought and effort should go into preparing and planning research.
Response to Cj
What is truth? How does the researcher balance the need for ethical research protocols with the mission of determining truth?
Similar to the definition of “right” being applied and defined differently by different people, the same can be said about truths. Truths are a person’s overall perspective of something based on their experiences, knowledge, beliefs, morals, and so on. Truth contains some elements of facts to a degree, but also incorporates belief which separates truth from fact. People view things as true if it aligns more with their own experiences and beliefs, often times it is close to their comfort zone of acceptance. For example, the truths of people of Catholic faith differ from those of Hindu faith, and even then, individuals of the same faith could interpret different truths. Our ideologies tend to fill in the gaps of the unknown if we don’t have any prior experience or knowledge to apply. This differs from facts, since facts are verifiably true through empirical research and is something we can see and test (indisputable). For example, plants are the only organisms that can use photosynthesis.
Social science researchers must take various precautionary steps to ensure their pursuit of truth does not take precedence over the ethics of research as a whole. Neuman (2015, p. 143) notes, “ethics begins and ends with you, the researcher”. Thus, the individual researcher must have a realization and understanding of their own personal morals, values, and beliefs before even conducting research in order to uphold the ethicality of social research. This first step is the foundation of ethical research, because research actions reflect the researchers’ moral code. What is the researcher trying to prove or disprove, investigate, or build knowledge upon? Will this have a negative impact over the well-being of research participants, and if so, will the researcher halt the study or would they rather continue and see the study through? Are participants aware of what they signed up for, and did they have a choice or were they forced to participate (risks, benefits, purpose of the study, etc.)? All of these questions are a few prerequisites of ethical research protocols, and help to ensure that the researcher does not prioritize determining truth over the safety of research subjects which are also human beings.
What might be ethical dilemmas or questions in research you might be interested in?
Focusing on one topic of interest of mine, the digital afterlife industry, there are a couple ethical dilemmas that come to mind. The majority of us do not read the entirety of every terms and conditions of every online site we sign up for, and mindlessly agree to the obtainment of our personal data throughout the duration of our account’s life. What happens when someone dies and their loved ones aren’t able to retrieve their account data or close the account since they do not have legal authorization to do so? This is a growing problem in the Global North and South alike, as we continue to digitalize and have a larger online presence across various platforms. The ethical dilemma for this is that unless the deceased individual had the foresight to give account authorization to someone through a specific platform or will, their account and data will be held by the service company postmortem forever. Shouldn’t someone that could be legally verified as a family member to the deceased be able to retrieve such information without having to go to court to do so? In my research, I am interested in interviewing grieving individuals that have attended a virtual funeral since the occurrence of COVID-19. An ethical dilemma I want to avoid is offending the interviewee in some way through my questions and reigniting emotions that could affect their current well-being status (i.e., grief, depression, anxiety).
