1. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four1 Exploring Power and Ethics in Research What responsibilities do I have as a researcher?

2. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four2 Power, Politics, and Research There is growing acceptance of the power inherent in creating knowledge With this acceptance comes acknowledgement of the need for ethical and political awareness to be a mainstream consideration in the research process

3. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four3 Reality of the Researcher The ‘reality’ of researchers including their attributes and worldview can influence the research process Being cognizant of the researcher’s ‘reality’ is fundamental to the process

4. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four4 Attributes and Attitudes Gender Age Ethnicity Social status Education Position of power and privilege in a subculture can all affect the research process

5. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four5 Power, Privilege, and Self

6. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four6 Navigating Worldviews We make sense of the world through the rules we are given to interpret it For most of us this involves a Western Bias

7. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four7 Western Worldviews

8. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four8 Seeing the World through Rose Coloured Glasses Researchers need to guard against judging the reality of others in relation to their own. If they don’t they can be: ‘self centric’ insensitive to race, class, culture, or gender hear only the dominant voice fall prey to dichotomization and double standards disregard the power of language

9. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four9 Ethical Responsibilities Researchers are ethically responsible for integrity in the production of knowledge, as well as the dignity and welfare of the researched

10. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four10 The production of knowledge Integrity in the production of knowledge demands that researchers: recognise, understand, and balance their subjectivities accurately report on their research act within the law develop appropriate expertise and experience

11. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four11 Responsibility for the researched Researchers need to: show respect for cultural beliefs treat respondents in a manner that is just and equitable get informed consent from all research participants do no harm through the research process protect the confidentiality / anonymity of the researched

12. O'Leary, Z. (2004) The Essential Guide to Doing Research. London: Sage. Chapter Four12 Informed Consent Informed consent implies that participants are:  competent  autonomous  involved voluntarily  aware of the right to discontinue  not deceived  not coerced  not induced