AO3- Explain ethical issues in research

Explain ethical issues in research

AO3 Definitions
Anonymity: The state or quality of being anonymous/unknown.
For example, when you fill in a questionnaire, you don't have to put your name on it and you can remain anonymous

Confidentiality: Spoken, written, acted on etc., in strict privacy or secrecy/secret.
For example, your GP can't give out information about you to anyone, including your family.

Privacy: The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in ones private life or affairs.
For example, keeping certain things from the public, like family issues, relationship issues etc.

Consent: Giving someone permission to access information about you or borrow from you. It is important that research is confidential because it allows the person filling it in to be more honest about their answers which in the long run allows the results to be more accurate. For example, if a pupil was filling in a questionnaire about his/her school, knowing that it is going to the head first may mean the person wouldn't put honest answers in because their name would be on it, whereas, they wouldn't know who's it was if no ones name was on it so no one would get in trouble. Getting more accurate results would help get an accurate reading of the reason for the research.

Data Protection Act

The information you give in this questionnaire will be kept confidential which will mean no one will be able to access the information you give. You will also remain anonymous to everyone to protect your data and yourself.
This will also entitle you to privacy from others as no one will know who wrote it. No one will be given access to the information without your informal consent. Also, details about you will be kept private and confidential.

Animal Testing

Animals are used in test a variety of products, including; household products, agricultural products, industrial products, pesticides, paint and food additives. Britain use to test cosmetic products on animals, but it is not allowed any more in Britain.

Issues of animal testing

• In animal testing, countless animals are experimented on and then killed after or during their use. They are also sometimes injured in the experiments but will still live the remainder of their lives.
• Another con on the issue of animal testing is the price.
• Some animals are abused when being experimented on.
• The unfortunate aspect is that many of the animals received tests for substances that will never actually see approval or public consumption and use, which means animal's died in vain because no direct benefit to humans occurred.
• There is also the argument that the reaction of a drug in an animal's body is sometimes different from the reaction in a human. Like if the animal is stressed.

Altogether, I feel that animal testing is wrong, because innocent animals are dying in these experiments, and sometimes for no reason as the product is never used. It is also very expensive


Here is a picture of my witness statement for the debate