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Discussion Post: Ethical Dilemna

I. A prisoner you are interviewing tells you about a potential breakout at the prison that night. What do you do?

1. In this situation, it is best to avoid collecting harmful information (Creswell, 2023). Unless specifically disclosed by the setting like a school or prison, this information should be protected for all participants. It is also hard to determine how impactful the information is and can potentially impact the study.

II. a researcher on your team copies sentences from another study and incorporates them into the final written report for your project. What do you do?

1. Researcher must not duplicate or piecemeal publications (Creswell, 2023). The researcher must inform that duplication or piecemealing publications is not allowed and if similarities were intended must be disclosed to biomedical journals that the published paper is closely related. The other members of the team should also be informed to negotiate how the rest of the study should continue.

III. A student collects data for a project from several individuals interviewed in families in your city. After the fourth interview, the student tells you that approval has not been received for the project from the IRB. What will you do?

1. The data collected is invalid because data must be first obtained then the interview can occur (Creswell, 2023). This process is necessary because potential risks must be assessed, and informed consent forms must be signed. There may be modifications to your study that may be requested from the IRB.

Reference:

Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2023). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. SAGE Publications, Inc.