1. Explain when conducting research, it is imperative that the ethicality of the scholarly resources is taken into consideration as there are often biased perspectives in play or specific self-interests that are trying to be promoted.

2. Argue many research reports are "peer-reviewed" for this exact reason as it ensures the validity and integrity of the research while making sure it is consistent in its approach to research.

3. Argue I decided to review two of the scholarly articles on tax avoidance I have discussed prior as they both serve as valuable contributions to the quantitative research available on tax avoidance.

4. Explain the first article,Customer-supplier relationships and corporate tax avoidance, examines the firms that are a part of customer-supplier relationships and whether they are able to leverage tax avoidance strategies effectively.

5. Explain the second article,corporate governance, incentives, and tax avoidanceexamines the relationship between incentives for upper management, how corporations are governed by their boards, and the cases of tax avoidance present.

Reference

Armstrong, C. S., Blouin, J. L., Jagolinzer, A. D., and Larcker, D. F. (2015). Corporate governance, incentives, and tax avoidance. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 60(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2015.02.003.

Cacciattolo, M. (2015). Ethical considerations in research. In The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (PELT) (pp. 55-73). Brill.

Cen, L., Maydew, E. L., Zhang, L., & Zuo, L. (2017). Customer-supplier relationships and corporate tax avoidance. Journal of Financial Economics, 123, 377-394.

Connelly, L. M. (2014). Ethical Considerations in Research Studies. Medsurg Nursing, 23(1), 54-5. http://ezproxy.liberty.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fethical-considerations-research-studies%2Fdocview%2F1506150659%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D12085

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