When carrying out an investigation, especially if it involves human beings, it is essential to conduct it as ethically as possible as to respect other's welfare and rights. Ethics, also known as morals, allow us to recognize what is right and wrong. Notwithstand, considering that they rely on each one's values and life experiences, they can be highly subjective. Behavioural norms are standards of conduct learned and strengthened through the course of a lifetime that help us make judgements and measure people's actions. Therefore, scientists should always undertake their practices in accordance to society's ethical principles related to their research field so to have fair and truthful outcomes.
There are various codes applicable to social research conduct that aim to protect individuals, however in “chapter 3: Research Ethics and Philosophies, of his book Investigating the Social World”, Schutt (2012) stresses the principles of two ethical codes: the former, proposed by the U.S. National Commision for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research on 1979, called “the Belmont Report”, and the latter, established by the American Sociological Association on 1997, as “the Code of Ethics”. …show more content…
Beneficence stands for the fact that no one should injure a person recklessly just to get benefits out of it in the name of science. It is true that in other to discover new knowledge, something needs to be challenged and questioned. Nevertheless, there should be more positive findings at a less expense. Justice refers that no one should take advantage of the participants. In other words, there has to be equity between
There are various codes applicable to social research conduct that aim to protect individuals, however in “chapter 3: Research Ethics and Philosophies, of his book Investigating the Social World”, Schutt (2012) stresses the principles of two ethical codes: the former, proposed by the U.S. National Commision for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research on 1979, called “the Belmont Report”, and the latter, established by the American Sociological Association on 1997, as “the Code of Ethics”. …show more content…
Beneficence stands for the fact that no one should injure a person recklessly just to get benefits out of it in the name of science. It is true that in other to discover new knowledge, something needs to be challenged and questioned. Nevertheless, there should be more positive findings at a less expense. Justice refers that no one should take advantage of the participants. In other words, there has to be equity between