The ethics of scientific research requires respect for the rights, opinions, and dignity of others, whether they are research colleagues, research participants or those who are targeted. Principles of ethics of scientific research generally adopt the values of “Positive Action” and “Harm Avoidance”. These two values must be the focus of ethical considerations during the research process. Important moral considerations during Scientific Research 1. Truthfulness Your search results should be transferred truthfully. You must be honest about what you transfer and do not complete any deficient or incomplete information depending on what you think has happened. Do not attempt to enter data based on the results of the theories or other people. 2. Expertise The work you do in research should be appropriate to your level of expertise and training. First, prepare the initial work and then try to understand the theory carefully before applying concepts or procedures. An expert in your research will be a good help for you in choosing the things you should consider. 3. Safety Do not expose yourself to physical or moral danger. Take precautions in all experiments. Do not attempt to carry out your research in environments that may be from hazardous geological, air, social or chemical aspects. The safety of the target audience is also important, so do not embarrass them or make them shy or vulnerable to your research. 4. Trust Try to build a trusting relationship with those you work with, so you get greater cooperation from them and more accurate results. Do not exploit the confidence of the people you study. 5. Consent Always make sure you have prior consent of those you would like to work with during the research period. The individuals to be studied must know that they are under study. For example, if you need to take ownership of others, you need their consent. Lack of initial and good planning for your research may force you to search for another site and start again. 6. Withdrawal People have the right to withdraw from study at any time. Always remember that participants are often volunteers and should be treated with respect and that the time they devote to your search can be spent in another, more profitable and useful business for them. For this reason, you should expect the withdrawal of some participants. It's best for you to start your research with as many people as you can to put them under study so that you can continue with a large enough group to make sure your search results are meaningful. 7. Digital Recording Do not record sounds, take pictures, or shoot videos without the consent of the target audience. Get prior consent before starting any registration. Do not try to use cameras or hidden voice carriers to record targeted sounds and movements. Be aware that the request for consent after filming is not acceptable. 8. Feedback If you can give feedback to your target audience, do so. You may not be able to provide the participants with the full report but giving them a summary or some statements and recommendations may be important to them and do the job. It is very important that you show them pictures, sounds, or printed texts of the words that they said in advance before publication, so as not to be subjected to any physical or moral damage because of your interpretation of what they said or did. Always make sure you have pre-approval before posting. 9. False Hope Do not make your target audience think that things will change because of your search or project. Do not give promises outside of your search, power, status, or impact. 10. Vulnerability Some people may be more likely to feel defeat or surrender due to age, illness, or inability to understand or express themselves. You must consider their feelings. 11. Exploitation of Situations Do not exploit the situations in favor of your search. Do not interpret what others are saying or indirectly saying so that your search serves. 12. Anonymity You must always protect the identity of the target. Do not give names or hints to reveal their identity. This can be achieved by converting names into numbers or symbols and make sure that everything related to the identity of the target is destroyed after the completion of the study. Conditions of Scientific Research For the research to be successful, there are scientific conditions that must be met, including: 1. To present something new It is very important for the researcher to appreciate the importance of the subject, in which he will write, and its seriousness and wit. The researcher shall not write in a subject preceded by another researcher where he has deepened by research, analysis and statement unless the other has dealt with one of its aspects. So, it is okay to choose another aspect. There is no doubt that each subject has several aspects. 2. Vitality & Realism One of the most important factors of the success of the subject is to be vital and realistic and has a strong connection to the student's tendency and the need of the community. The greater the circle of use, the more important it becomes. Writing on a subject that interests people and provides them with benefits or solutions to their problems or diagnoses them or seeks to develop their community and their comfort and well-being, is more important than writing in a fictional subject far from the reality of people because they will not care about it. 3. Fertility & Abundance of Sources The success of the research is also the fertility of the material and the ideas of research, and the abundance and availability of its sources. On the contrary, poor research in the scientific article and poor research in the sources will not be successful and the author will tire a lot. So, it was one of the most important duties of the researcher before choosing his research to search for his sources, to know whether he can write in it or not? 4. Clarity of Methodology One of the success factors of the research is the clarity of its methodology and the organization of its plan in a logical and clear and understandable. The researcher should distribute his main ideas within coherent parts and chapters. Then the writing begins, so that his thoughts will be transmitted, and he will move with the reader from one point to the other in a coherent way, so that his reader feels that he understands what he reads. On the contrary, there is ambiguity. 5. Selection of subject title accurately The title of the topic must reflect its content. Research titles are usually abbreviated in two or three words. The researcher must determine the subject accurately and do not go out of it or provide prefaces using very long introductions or comes with its contents in a very extensive in which digression or deviation and exit from the intended. But the researcher should try to focus seriously on the subject and not to mention only related to the near. The best thing to say is what you say. Boring excess and inclusions to fill pages and get out of the topic are troublesome to the reader leading to aversion to research. 6. Integrity of Style & Clarity of Phrase One of the things that give great importance for the research is the integrity of its style of grammatical and linguistic mistakes and the clarity and unambiguity of its words. Among the things that lose the importance of the research is the large number of grammatical, linguistic, or scientific mistakes. The researcher should be careful to write according to the clear Arabic structural methods, trying to avoid grammatical and linguistic mistakes. If he is weak in the language, the researcher should try to avoid the lack of request of this science from its scholars and greatly read in its books, as well as should ask the help of professors and colleagues strong in the language to read his research and to find out the mistakes before printing and the appearance of the research. 7. Accuracy of Information The information documented by mentioning its sources stated in numbers indicates the accuracy of the research and gives the reader certain information. On the contrary, the abstract transfer of memory or what people pass without scrutiny or verification or search for its sources, and ensuring its integrity, are things that lead the research to lose its importance and value. Charter of Ethics of Scientific Research The progress in the field of health requires advanced medical education and scientific research that meets the needs of society and is based on ethical controls at all stages. The Faculty of Medicine - Suez Canal University has taken great care that the research complies with all ethical standards. Objectives of Research in the Ethical Framework:
Most Important Values of Research Ethics 1. Scientific Honesty
2. Financial Honesty a) When research and project programs are supported by governments or international or private funds, support should be used to meet expenses as agreed in the search protocol. b) The funds disbursed should be documented and periodic financial and final reports should be submitted. Conflicts of Interest:
Professor's ethics in the scientific supervision on his students
Rights and Ethics of Authorship and Copyright Recognition of the author based on substantive participation in the following:
Ethical Standards for Publication
The moral responsibility of editors of scientific journals in the arbitration process:
Scientific Research and Media:
General Ethical Principles for Research on Humans: All research involving human studies should be conducted in accordance with three main principles relating to the ethics of scientific research: respect for individuals, benefit and justice. Respect for Individuals means:
Benefit means:
Justice means:
International Ethical Norms for Research on Humans: 1. Moral Justification & Scientific Validity:
2. Research Ethical Review Committees:
3. Informed Consent:
4. Encouragement of Participation in Research:
5. Fair distribution of burdens and benefits in the selection of case groups in research:
6. Maintenance of Confidentiality of Information:
7. Patients' right to research in treatment and compensation in case of injury:
8. Research involving vulnerable groups: Ethical justification for their involvement in research:
The instructions to authors about Plagiarism:
Taking the ideas and work of other scientists without giving them credit is unfair and dishonest. Copying even one sentence from someone else’s manuscript, or even one of your own that has previously been published, without proper citation, is considered plagiarism—use your own words instead. The journal’s policy on Plagiarism:
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