Ethical Standards and Principles in Scientific Research: Ensuring Credibility, Integrity, and Accountability

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An analysis of ethical standards in scientific research and their role in ensuring credibility.

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Ethics
Discuss the importance of ethical standards in scientific research and how you, as a researcher,
would apply these standards in the process of conducting your dissertation research. In your
response, include specific ethical principles such as plagiarism, informed consent, privacy and
confidentiality, and data handling and reporting. Provide a reflection on how these standards will
guide your research and ensure its credibility and reliability. Your answer should be no less than
2,500 words.

Introduction
The credibility of scientific inquiry is defines by the ability of a researcher to adhere to
the standards and principles of scientific research in all phases of the research process. Research
activities, such as literature review, collection of data, analysis and presentation must be aligned
with a code of ethics that governs researchers. Ethical standards and principles are not only
important for the approval of a research, but it demonstrates that the researcher preserved the
rights of research subjects and avoided ethical misconduct that limits the reliability of research
findings, conclusions and recommendations for practical application. In the following sections, I
discuss how I will apply the ethical standards and principles to ensure that my research process
and the final presentation of the dissertation are credible and reliable.
Plagiarism
I understand that plagiarism has both negative ethical and legal implications on
researchers. Because of this, researchers are mandated to act with integrity in the process of
gathering both secondary and primary data and information of their research. In order to avoid
plagiarism, I will not take any secondary data that I will obtain from existing publications or
documents as my own. I will ensure that my literature review and the authors I cite in the
discussion of my research findings are adequately acknowledged. I will not adopt the findings of
other researchers and claim that they are my own. Doing this would be against the American
Psychological Association ethical standards on research and publication (American
Psychological Association, 2015). I will use theoretical frameworks of other researchers and
theorists to apply my research findings, but I will recognize them as the originators of the applied
theories.

I understand that paraphrasing the works of others does not mean that it is my own work.
Because of this, I will ensure that both direct quotes and paraphrases are appropriately cited and
acknowledged. I will ensure that my dissertation employs both in-text citation and a list of
references that is based on APA guidelines. This includes acknowledging the authors(s) of the
publication that is cited, the date of publication and the publication within which it was published
whether it is a book or journal entry. In this sense, I will allow the readers of my dissertation to
seek the original thoughts of the authors I will cite in the relevant publications if they feel it is
necessary. Adhering to the ethical standards on research and publication I recognize that research
processes are built on the findings of others without violating the ethical rights of ownership to
publications or legal rights, such as copyright. Through the guidance of the ethical standards on
research and publication, I will contribute knowledge to my area of research without violating
the rights of other researchers.
I am aware that plagiarism is a form of fraud which has negative ethical and professional
implications in academic and scholarly practice. I will therefore ensure that I avoid all forms of
plagiarism in my research and writing the dissertation manuscript. I consider honesty as an
ethical and personal obligation or commitment rather than just a means of achieving academic
objectives. Because of this, my need to produce original work is motivated by personal ethical
obligation for both my current research work and future research endeavors.
Risk Assessment
I understand that risk assessment is one of the important requirements before any
scientific research process begins. I will discuss the possible risks of my research with my
mentor and establish ways of ensuring that they do not have any negative implications on the
research process. I will also report my risk assessment findings in order to ensure that

participants are aware of the potential risks of the study before they can decide to give consent
for their participation in the research process. Risk assessment is an important aspect of the
research proposal process because both researchers and sponsors hold some level of liability or
responsibility for the research process and any risks that may arise (Bromley, Mikesell, Jones &
Khodyakov, 2015).
I will assess risks related to my research such as reputational damage in order to ensure
that there are no negative public image implications on correctional facilities and private health
care contractors that will be involved in the research process. I will determine if the public
perception of the aforementioned organizations is affected by research process. On the basis of
this assessment, I will ensure that the ethical standards and principles are met so that the
institutions of corrections that will host my research will not have negative effects on their image
for hosting unethical research. Furthermore, I will assess risks associated with the approval
board, such as reputational damage for approving a research process that is associated ethical
misconduct.
The assessment of reputational risk assessment is important because it allows researchers
to implement effective ethical safeguards against any misconduct in the process of the research
that may lead to negative public perceptions on organizations, research funding agencies or
approval boards (Honig, Lampel, Siegel & Drnevich, 2014). For instance, the assessment of
reputational risk of my research will act as a guideline for implementing strategies of ensuring
that the research meets the quality standards that guides IRB Approval.
I will also assess the risks associated with the participants. This includes possible
prejudice for participating in the research process. Doing this risk assessment is important
because it establishes the risks of a research process that must be communicated to participants

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