Humprey's Ethical Dilemmas

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As a researcher, we have to follow a designed set of rules or ethical principles when we are collecting raw data in order to achieve a more valid and reliable result. There are several ethical principles that we researchers need to obey and one of it is beneficence. As a researcher, Humprey should try his best in protecting his respondents as what we wanted in collecting raw data is maximizing the possibilities but minimizing the risks of placing his respondents in danger. By minimizing the risks, Humprey could protect the wellbeing of his respondents from being harmed by others (American Psychological Association, 2010). Moreover, before the research is conducted, Humprey should’ve explained his research objective to his respondents as fidelity and responsibility are crucial points …show more content…

A respondent would expect their researcher to be honest with their data and as one, Humprey could not manipulate the data or intentionally misinterpreted the data given by the respondents (American Psychological Association, 2010). As a researcher, Humprey had the obligation to protect the wellbeing of his respondents. Ethical practices are practiced so that researcher could gain trust from their respondents and thus would not affected the raw data in any way that is possible.
4) What are the potential consequences of not following the ethical principles to Humprey’s study?
When we did not follow the designed ethical principles, there would be a lot of consequences that could happen. One of it is how the data would not be valid as the respondents would not believe Humprey in handling their data and as a respondent, they have the right to withdraw their data. Hence, this is where consent is really important as the respondents could have the power to withdraw ourselves from the research if we deemed to be uncomfortable with the terms and

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