Ensuring ethical approach to research

Michael Nnaemeka Ajemba 1, * and Ebube Chinwe Arene 2

1 Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus.
2 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
 
Review Article
Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 06(01), 046–050
Article DOI: 10.30574/msarr.2022.6.1.0065
Publication history: 
Received on 19 August 2022; revised on 23 September 2022; accepted on 25 September 2022
 
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.
 
Keywords: 
Ethics; Research; Ensure; Conducts
 
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