3.1: Ethics

Question 1

What is ethics?

Answer 1

Principles of right and wrong that individuals, acting as moral free agents, use to make choices to guide their behaviours.

It is the process that guides a person in making decisions in a situation with conflicting goals.

Question 2

What are the main ethical principles?

Answer 2

1. Respect for persons
   - freedom and capacity of participants
   - informed consent
2. Beneficence
   - well being
   - avoid possible harm
3. Justice
   - fairness in distribution of risks and benefits

Question 3

What are the main ethical responsibility when conducting a user study

Answer 3

1. Safety
   - do not cause harm
   - inform participants what will happen
   - able to stop anytime
2. Informed Consent
   - explain goals
   - explain what information recorded
   - explain how the information will be used
   - participants must consent voluntarily
3. Privacy
   - prevent unauthorised access to data gathered
   - do not collect unnecessary data
   - destroy data when completed
4. Laws
   - PDPA
   - human biomedical research act
   - institutional review board
   - compliance with local laws

Question 4

Give one example for each ethical responsibility during a user study

Answer 4

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