[Solved] HIM 675-5-2 Short Paper: Ethical Considerations
5-2 Short Paper: Ethical Considerations
Ed s research approaches were outrightly unethical. From
the case scenario, Ed went through 25% of the data and found out that 20% of
the 25% who fell ill had recently consumed eggs or chicken. Consequently, Ed
extrapolated from the data that the cause of the virus is chickens, with no
consideration of the remaining 75% of the data. The 14 CFR § 1275.101 describes
research misconduct as “means fabrication, falsification,
or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in
reporting research results. Particularly, 14 CFR § 1275.101 describes
falsification as “manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or
changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately
represented in the research recordâ€. Therefore, Ed falsified the data by
omitting 75% of the data and only relying on 25% to conclude the cause of the
virus. Ed should have gone through all the data to determine its trends and
accurately extrapolate the reasons for the virus, not only using a portion of
the data to reach potentially wrong conclusions. Besides, there seems to be a
conflict of interest in which ED believes that finding the cause of the virus
will advance his career. Conflict of interest occurs when with regard to
activities that compromise a researcher’s judgement in carrying out a research
h exercise (The University of Vermont, 2022). This compromises Ed s judgement
on the potential cause of the virus, making him rely only on 25% of the data to
conclude that chickens caused the virus.
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