ADVANCE RESEARCH ADVANCE RESEARCH

METHODSMETHODS

MUHAMMAD SHAFIQMUHAMMAD SHAFIQ

Lecturer 5Lecturer 5

Ethical Issues in Business ResearchEthical Issues in Business Research

ETHICAL ISSUESETHICAL ISSUES

• Philosophical questionsPhilosophical questions

• Societal normsSocietal norms

• Codes of behaviorCodes of behavior

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESPONDENTTHE RESPONDENT

• The obligation to be truthfulThe obligation to be truthful

• PrivacyPrivacy

• DeceptionDeception

• The right to be informedThe right to be informed

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESEARCHERTHE RESEARCHER

• The purpose of research is researchThe purpose of research is research

• ObjectivityObjectivity

• Misrepresenting researchMisrepresenting research

• Protect the right to confidentiality of both subjects and Protect the right to confidentiality of both subjects and

clientsclients

• Dissemination of faulty conclusionsDissemination of faulty conclusions

• Advocacy researchAdvocacy research

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CLIENT SPONSOR (USER)THE CLIENT SPONSOR (USER)

• Ethics between buyer and sellerEthics between buyer and seller

• An open relationship with research suppliersAn open relationship with research suppliers

• An open relationship with interested partiesAn open relationship with interested parties

• PrivacyPrivacy

• Commitment to researchCommitment to research

• Pseudo-pilot studiesPseudo-pilot studies

ADVOCACY RESEARCHADVOCACY RESEARCH

• Research to support a specific legal claimResearch to support a specific legal claim

PSEUDO-PILOT STUDIESPSEUDO-PILOT STUDIES

• The researcher is told that the study is the first of many The researcher is told that the study is the first of many

in a more comprehensive studyin a more comprehensive study