Ethics in business research - Ethics and the sponsor

4 important questions on Ethics in business research - Ethics and the sponsor

What kind of disclosure agreements are there?

Purpose non-disclosure (protecting purpose of study or its details)
findinds non-disclosure (between the sponsors or the researchers)
sponsor non-disclosure (avoid people knowing that they conduct the research)

Sponsor has the right to quality research. What does this ential?

- providing a researgh desigin appropriate for the research question
- maximizing the sponsor's  value for the resources expended
- providing data-handling and reporting techniques appropriate for the data collected

Sometimes researchers are asked to participate in non-ethical behavior by their sponsors, what could this unethical behavior be?

- changing data or creating false data
- make recommendations beyond scope selected
- violating participant confidentiality
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What could you do as a researcher to avoid coercion or unethical behavior in relation with the sponsor?

- educate sponsor in the purpose of research
- explain researcher's role in fact-finding vs the sponsor's role in decision-making
- explain how distorting the trutch or breaking faith with participants leads to future problms
- failing moral persuasion, terminate the relationship with the sponsor

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