Ethical Considerations in Research

For this assignment, you will identify ethical considerations in research, applying the principles and codes of research ethics to applied research in public safety. You will identify the importance of the protection of human subjects in research, the purpose and role of IRBs, and actions that researchers can take to overcome ethical issues while proposing and conducting applied research in public safety.

Develop a $5-$ to $7-$page paper that has the following sections:

Introduction: Develop an introduction to the discussion of ethical considerations in research. Provide an overview importance of ethical considerations in research and the principle of researchers to do no harm. Provide a brief discussion of codes of professional ethics and IRBs. Finally, briefly discuss how those conducting applied research in public safety can ensure ethical conduct in their work.

Principles of Ethics in Public Safety Research: Discuss The Belmont Report and the basic ethical principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. Apply each of these to considerations associated with applied research in public safety, providing examples of how researchers can adhere to and uphold these principles in research involving human subjects as participants.

Voluntary Participation: Discuss the importance of voluntary participation in applied research in public safety. Provide an overview of this ethical consideration and supporting examples specific to applied research in public safety. Discuss how public safety researchers can ensure voluntary participation to protect human participants.

Informed Consent: Discuss the importance of informed consent in applied research in public safety. Provide an overview of this ethical consideration and supporting examples specific to applied research in public safety. Discuss how public safety researchers can ensure informed consent to protect human participants.

Anonymity and Confidentiality: Discuss the ethical considerations of anonymity and confidentiality to protect the identity of human subjects who participate in research. Discuss why this protection is important and the associated responsibility of researchers to ensure anonymity or confidentiality. Discuss the differences between anonymity and confidentiality, providing examples of each in public safety research.

Special or Vulnerable Populations: Discuss the various ethical considerations associated with special or vulnerable populations as participants in research. Discuss how individuals from these groups require additional provisions to ensure adherence to research principles and codes of ethics. Discuss how equity can be maintained while including individuals from these groups as research participants. Provide specific examples of these groups in public safety research and how researchers can ensure that these individuals receive all required and appropriate protections as human subjects.

Role of the Institutional Review Board: Provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities of Institutional Review Boards $($IRBs$).$ Discuss the reasons IRB requirements and other regulations were created, along with the importance of IRB oversight of research involving human subjects as participants.

Conclusion: Develop a conclusion summarizing your paper's main points of discussion. Highlight the importance of protecting the rights of human subjects as research participants and the associated ethical considerations. Include a summary of the considerations that must be made by those conducting applied research in public safety to uphold the principles and codes of research ethics.

Write in a scholarly and objective tone, avoiding the use of first person, personal pronouns, contractions, and colloquial or conversational language. Avoid the use of direct quotations. Use citations from each of the assigned readings in Units $5$ and $6$ and two additional scholarly, peer$-$reviewed sources to support your content and credit sources of information and ideas.