Responsible Research Practices Quiz

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Why is it important to minimize harms and risks to humans while maximizing benefits in research?

To build public support for research

To respect human dignity, autonomy, and privacy

To promote values essential to collaborative work (correct)

To ensure researchers are held accountable to the public

What is a primary consideration in research according to the provided text?

Human dignity, autonomy, and privacy (correct)

Maximizing risks and harms to animals

Ensuring confidentiality

Respect for intellectual property

How do ethical guidelines help in funding research studies?

By promoting values like animal welfare only

By promoting a variety of important social values like human rights (correct)

By ensuring researchers are not accountable to the public

By minimizing harms and risks to animals

What is one of the purposes of ethical standards in research mentioned in the text?

To promote trust, fairness, and mutual respect Signup and view all the answers

What does Section 6 of the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 (RA 8485) prohibit in relation to animals used in research or experiments?

Using animals for unauthorized experiments Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT an essential aspect of research ethics?

Disregarding intellectual property rights Signup and view all the answers

What does integrity in research involve?

Following established professional codes and norms Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following practices undermines objectivity in research?

Designing experiments with built-in biases Signup and view all the answers

What is considered a violation of research ethics?

Asking someone else to write a research paper for you Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ethical research conduct?

Fabricating data to support a desired outcome Signup and view all the answers

What is considered plagiarism in research?

Using someone else's words or ideas without attribution Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the principle of respect for intellectual property?

Acknowledging authors and sources used in research, recognizing patents and copyrights, and giving credit where it is due Signup and view all the answers

According to the principles outlined, which of the following is a violation of confidentiality?

Sharing private information about research participants with colleagues Signup and view all the answers

Which principle emphasizes the importance of objectivity and integrity in research?

Responsible publication Signup and view all the answers

According to the principles, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of socially responsible research?

Discriminating against colleagues based on factors unrelated to competence Signup and view all the answers

Which principle highlights the importance of treating peers fairly and fostering a respectful research environment?

Respect for colleagues Signup and view all the answers

According to the principles, which of the following is a responsibility of researchers?

Maintaining professional competence and expertise Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Respect for Intellectual Property

Proper acknowledgement should be given to all authors cited and sources used in research.
Patents and copyrights should be recognized and respected.
Credits should be given where credit is due.

Confidentiality

Confidential communications or documents should be protected.
Private information should be strictly kept between the researcher and the respondents.

Responsible Publication

Studies should be done with the purpose of advancing research and scholarship, not to solely advance one's own career.
Wasteful and duplicate publication should be avoided.

Responsible Mentoring

Researchers should seek to educate, mentor, and advise students.

Respect for Colleagues

All peers should be treated fairly and with respect.

Researchers should strive to promote social good and prevent or mitigate social harm through research, public education, and advocacy.
Socially responsible researchers should listen to communities that are the beneficiaries of their work without patronizing them.

Non-Discrimination

A good research should not discriminate against colleagues or students on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or other factors not related to scientific competence and integrity.
All those eligible to participate in a research should be allowed to do so.

Competence

Professional competence and expertise should be maintained and improved with research.

Legality

A researcher should know and obey relevant laws, and institutional and government policies.

Animal and Human Subject Protection

Proper respect and care for animals should be shown when using them in research.
Section 6 of the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 (RA 8485) prohibits the maltreatment or use of animals in research or experiments that are not expressly authorized by the Committee on Animal Welfare.
Harms and risks to humans should be minimized while benefits should be maximized.
Human dignity, autonomy, and privacy should be among the primary considerations of research.

Importance of Ethical Guidelines

Ethical standards promote values that are essential to collaborative work, such as trust, fairness, and mutual respect.
Ethical standards ensure that researchers are held accountable to the public.
Ethical standards help build public support for research.
People are more likely to fund research studies that promote a variety of important and moral social values, such as human rights, animal welfare, and health and safety.

Research Ethics Objectives

Discuss the importance of ethics in research.
Explain the ethical codes in the conduct of research.
Define plagiarism and identify techniques to avoid it.

Research Ethics

Ethics is a system of moral principles or rules that say what is and is not acceptable.

Honesty

Honesty must be maintained in all communications (reporting data, results, and procedures).
Data should never be fabricated, falsified, or misrepresented.

Objectivity

Avoid biases in experimental designs, data analysis, interpretation, expert testimony, and other aspects of research.

Integrity

Conduct research in a way that allows others to have trust and confidence in the methods used and the findings that result from it.
Consistency of thoughts and action.
Promises and agreements should be kept in good order and condition.
Use honest and verifiable methods in proposing, forming, and evaluating research.
Following commonly accepted professional codes or norms.
Avoid ghostwriting or asking someone to write a research paper for you.

Carefulness

Careless errors and negligence should be avoided (e.g. in data collection, research design, etc.).
Your works and the works of others should be critically examined.

Openness

Researchers should be open to criticism and new ideas.
Research data, results, ideas, and resources should also be shared with the public.

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Test your knowledge on responsible research practices including respect for intellectual property, confidentiality, and responsible publication.