“Rules of Thumb” for Research Ethics

Abstract

Research ethics provide guidelines for responsible conduct of research and educate and monitor scientists’, conducting research to ensure a high ethical standard. Research ethics are significantly important for a number of reasons. They promote the aims of research, such as expanding knowledge and support the values required for collaborative work like mutual respect and equity. These pillars make a foundation of important social, moral values, and the principle of doing no harm to others. Ethics in research are associated with the ethical principles of social responsibility. Usually, research envelops a vast framework of working with people and researchers put up with this endeavor to gain trust in the respondents' eyes, to be able to collect authentic reliable data, and also to ensure the transparency of the scientific work.