Ensuring ethical approach to research

Abstract

Research serves to clarify and advance current knowledge for the purpose of informing action, offer the necessary evidence to support hypothesis. Ethics in research refers to adhering to and putting into practice a proper, legal, and moral code of conduct that would direct research. Considering these, this study discussed ethical principles that ensures that potential risks of harm are minimized for research participants and to examine the values/principles of ethical approach to research. To achieve ethical conducts in research, informed consent from volunteers, upholding confidentiality and anonymity to safeguard against malfeasance and protecting the study participants must be considered.