Intercultural Communication
Jenny Dang
CommunicationResearch-EthicalStandards.pptx
Communication Research Ethics
Integrity
Ethical communication researchers should employ recognized standards of research practice, conducting research that they have been properly trained to do, and avoiding procedures for which they have not been adequately prepared.
If in doubt about any ethical matter, they seek advice before proceeding.
Their primary goal is to avoid harm to others – whether direct emotional or physical harm or harm to the reputations of those being researched.
Confidentiality
The value of confidentiality demands that the identity of those being researched be kept confidential except in cases where the research is carried out on public figures or publicly available material.
Professional Responsibility
Professional responsibility requires that ethical communication researchers know and comply with the legal and institutional guidelines covering their work.
They do not use the work of others as their own, plagiarizing others’ ideas or language or appropriating the work of others for which one serves as a reviewer.
Standards
Obtains informed consent to conduct the research, where appropriate to do so.
Avoids deception as part of the research process, unless the use of deception has been approved in advance by an appropriate review body.
Provides adequate citations in research reports to support theoretical claims and to justify research procedures.
Discloses results of the research, regardless of whether those results support the researcher’s expectations or hypotheses.
Does not falsify data or publish misleading results.
Reports all financial support for the research and any financial relationship that the researcher has with the persons or entities being researched, so that readers may judge the potential influence of financial support on the research results.
