Research Ethics

Good research is also ethical research. The University of Sheffield aspires to produce the highest quality research. This is not just a matter of asking the right questions, but using the most appropriate procedures to seek answers to them, and communicating results as accurately as possible. Good research is also ethical research. 31/07/2019 © The University of Sheffield

Sir David King, when he was the United Kingdom Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, summarised research ethics succinctly, as a combination of rigour, respect and responsibility. These generic principles, Sir David’s Universal Ethical Code, apply to all of the University of Sheffield’s research activities, in all of our academic disciplines. 31/07/2019 © The University of Sheffield

Putting ethics into practice Although each discipline has its own ethical traditions, proper ethics are the common ground on which all disciplines meet and there are general lessons to be learned by all researchers. 31/07/2019 © The University of Sheffield

It is about how we conduct our research, from start to finish. Ethics is about quality and research integrity, doing the best possible research. It is about how we conduct our research, from start to finish. Ethics is about how we treat those involved in, or affected by, our research. More information: You can crop a picture (trim slices from the side, top or bottom) by selecting on the slide the picture that you want to crop, going to the “format” menu, selecting “picture…” and in the “picture” dialog box clicking the “picture” button. This opens the crop options. The preview button allows you to see whether the crop achieves the effect you wanted. (If you have an old version of PowerPoint these controls may be located differently - refer to the PowerPoint Help menu.) Before importing a picture into your presentation save it in a suitable format (eg jpeg) at a resolution of 72 dots per inch if possible. This resolution keeps the size of the picture file small but still displays fine on screen – particularly important if you’re using several pictures, because half a dozen taken on a five megapixel digital camera and imported at full resolution could mean that your presentation is over 20 megabytes in size. This means it will take up unnecessary disk space, will be slow to open and run on many less powerful computers – and will be too big to e-mail. 31/07/2019 © The University of Sheffield

Ethics is not merely a matter of minimal compliance with codes and guidelines. Properly ethical research demands that ethical considerations should be in the forefront of our thinking and routinely inform all that we do. 31/07/2019 © The University of Sheffield

Ethics is about being principled and accountable at all times. Ethics is about communicating our research goals, procedures and findings as clearly as possible. Ethics is about recognising that research is supported by, and a part of, the wider society. Ethics is about being principled and accountable at all times. 31/07/2019 © The University of Sheffield

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