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To critically examine ethical issues in qualitative research. The ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice are guides for researchers to address initial and ongoing tensions between the needs and goals of the research and the rights of participants. Research literature, ethics literature, and researcher experiences. Ethical principles can be used to guide the research in addressing the initial and ongoing issues arising from qualitative research in order to meet the goals of the research as well as to maintain the rights of the research participants.
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Journal of Nursing Scholarship First Quarter 2001 93
Profession and Society
Ethical issues are present in any kind of research. The
research process creates tension between the aims of
research to make generalizations for the good of
others, and the rights of participants to maintain privacy.
Ethics pertains to doing good and avoiding harm. Harm can
be prevented or reduced through the application of
appropriate ethical principles. Thus, the protection of human
subjects or participants in any research study is imperative.
Violations of human rights in the name of scientific research
have been among the darkest events in history. From 1932-
1972 more than 400 African American people who had
syphilis were deliberately left untreated to study the illness.
Although the Tuskegee syphilis study was sponsored by
United States Public Health Service, the disclosure of the 40-
year study caused public outrage (Caplan, 1992). Another
example of unethical research is the experiment conducted
between 1950-1952 in which more than 1,000 pregnant
women were given diethylstilbestrol to prevent miscarriages.
These women were subject to a double-blind study without
consent. Only 20 years later, when the children of these
women had high rates of cancer and other abnormalities did
the participants learn they were subjects of these experiments
(Capron, 1989).
The nature of ethical problems in qualitative research
studies is subtle and different compared to problems in
quantitative research. For example, potential ethical conflicts
exist in regard to how a researcher gains access to a
community group and in the effects the researcher may have
on participants. The literature provides few examples of
ethical issues in qualitative health research. Punch (1994)
claimed that one hardly ever hears of ethical failures in
qualitative research. However, Batchelor and Briggs (1994)
claimed that the failure of researchers to address ethical issues
has resulted in those researchers being ill-prepared to cope
with the unpredictable nature of qualitative research.
Qualitative researchers focus their research on exploring,
examining, and describing people and their natural
environments. Embedded in qualitative research are the
concepts of relationships and power between researchers and
participants. The desire to participate in a research study
depends upon a participant's willingness to share his or her
experience. Nurse researchers have to balance research
principles as well as the well-being of clients (Ramos, 1989).
Qualitative health research is focused on the experiences
of people in relation to health and illness. Yet nurse
researchers may find that their roles as researchers and as
clinicians may be in conflict. Qualitative studies are frequently
conducted in settings involving the participation of people
in their everyday environments. Therefore, any research that
includes people requires an awareness of the ethical issues
that may be derived from such interactions. Ethics in health
research includes appropriateness of the research design, the
methodological design, and the funding sources, as well as
behaviors in reporting data. The purpose of this paper is to
show these and related ethical issues and ethical principles
to be used in qualitative research.
Ethics in Qualitative Research
Angelica Orb, Laurel Eisenhauer, Dianne Wynaden
Angelica Orb, RN, PhD, MACE,
Alpha Chi
, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing,
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. Laurel Eisenhauer,
RN, PhD, FAAN,
Alpha Chi
, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs,
School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. Dianne Wynaden, RN,
RMHN, MSc (HSc), Lecturer, School of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Western Australia, and Clinical Nurse Consultant, Directorate of Mental
Health Services, Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, Fremantle, Western
Australia. Correspondence to Dr. Orb, School of Nursing, Curtin University of
Technology, GPO Box 1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845. E-mail:
orba@nursing.curtin.edu.au
Accepted for publication June 12, 2000.
Purpose: To critically examine ethical issues in qualitative research.
Organizing Construct: The ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice are guides
for researchers to address initial and ongoing tensions between the needs and goals of the
research and the rights of participants.
Methods: Research literature, ethics literature, and researcher experiences.
Conclusions: Ethical principles can be used to guide the research in addressing the initial and
ongoing issues arising from qualitative research in order to meet the goals of the research as
well as to maintain the rights of the research participants.
JOURNAL OF N URSING S CHOLARSHIP , 2000; 33:1, 93-96. ©2001 SIGMA T HETA T AU I NTERNATIONAL.
[Key words: qualitative research, ethics]
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Issues in Qualitative Research
Although ethical review boards scrutinize most nursing
research proposals, the researchers are ultimately responsible
for protecting the participants. Dresser (1998) said that the
administrative burden of ethical reviews and procedures is
balanced by the protection of participants. She suggested close
monitoring of high-risk studies. In qualitative studies,
researchers rely heavily on collecting data through interviews,
observations, written materials, and audiovisual material.
While in the field, researchers should negotiate access to
participants to collect data; thus the quality of social
interactions between researchers and the participants may
facilitate or inhibit access to information. Once access to the
field has been granted and the first steps of data collection
are taken, researchers may experience ethical dilemmas that
may not have been anticipated in the research plan (Field &
Morse, 1992).
Ramos (1989) described three types of problems that may
affect qualitative studies: the researcher/participant
relationship, the researcher's subjective interpretations of
data, and the design itself. For example, a researcher's
deception or disclosure of damaging information can occur.
Humphrey's study of homosexuals is one example (Punch,
1994). His controversial research method of participant
observation using deception shocked American academics
who wanted to revoke the researcher's doctoral degree. He
observed men in a public bathroom and followed them to
their homes under the guise of working on a different project
(Punch, 1994). Clarke (1996) used deception in a forensic
unit, claiming that this approach was necessary to obtain
"uncontaminated" data. She used participant observation
over a period of 6 weeks while working as a nursing auxiliary.
Clarke did not disclose her role as researcher. She retreated
to the restroom to take notes or to speak into a small
dictaphone. Clarke justified this method stating that some
degree of deception is permissible when "dealing with
sensitive aspects of subjects' behaviour" (p. 38).
When preparing research protocols, nurse researchers
should consider the potential ethical issues that can be
anticipated in the study, such as informed consent,
confidentiality, data generation and analysis, researcher/
participant relationships, and reporting of final outcomes.
The Process of Data Collection
The purpose of qualitative studies is to describe a
phenomenon from the participants' points of view through
interviews and observations. The intention of the researcher
is to listen to the voice of participants or observe them in
their natural environments. The researcher's interpretation
of these experiences is usually described as an emic perspective
(Field & Morse, 1992). The acceptance of this statement
means that researchers recognise that participants are
autonomous people who will share information willingly. A
balanced research relationship will encourage disclosure,
trust, and awareness of potential ethical issues. Kvale (1996)
considered an interview to be a moral endeavour, claiming
that the participant's response is affected by the interview,
and that the knowledge gained through the interview affects
our understanding of the human experience. The personal
interaction between researchers and participants is crucial
in data gathering by keeping in mind the research focus and
being clear about the role of researchers. The researchers'
perceptions of field situations are determined by personality
and the nature of the interactions (Punch, 1994).
Although qualitative research methods make it difficult to
predict how data will be collected through interviews or
observation (Streubert & Carpenter, 1999), researchers have
the obligation to anticipate the possible outcomes of an
interview and to weigh both benefits and potential harm.
For example, in the case of interviewing victims of violence,
the interview may trigger painful experiences and the
participant may become distressed during the interview. In
this case, the researcher is confronted with an ethical
dilemma—to continue with the interview and gain more
insight about the topic under study or to stop the interview
and give advice or refer the participant to an appropriate
treatment or counseling service. Deciding to continue would
indicate that the researcher considers that the value of the
data obtained from the distressing experience outweighs the
participant's distress. Smith (1999) wrote about the potential
therapeutic benefits of participants' reviving unpleasant
memories and also the importance of seeking ongoing
consent. Hutchinson, Wilson, and Wilson (1994) identified
the benefits of qualitative interviews as catharsis, self-
acknowledgment, sense of purpose, self-awareness,
empowerment, healing, and providing a voice for the
disenfranchised. Stopping the interview and searching for
possible solutions for the participants' distress indicates that
researchers are aware of the vulnerability of participants and
their rights. The moral obligation of researchers is to refer
participants to counseling or ensure that they have regained
control of the situation by talking. In some cases, a follow-
up phone call or visit may be appropriate.
Ethical dilemmas that may rise from an interview are
difficult to predict but the researcher needs to be aware of
sensitive issues and potential conflicts of interest. An interview
is usually equated with confidentiality, informed consent, and
privacy, but also by recurrence of "old wounds" and sharing
of secrets. The interview opens new risks to both researchers
and participants. Researchers may be required by law to
report information about child or elder abuse, drug traffic,
or crimes. Courts for domestic and criminal proceedings may
subpoena researchers' records. In some studies in the US,
researchers may wish to consider obtaining a Certificate of
Confidentiality from the Department of Health and Human
Services (Lutz, Shelton, Robrecht, Hatton, & Beckett, 2000).
The following example is one of those ethical dilemmas
that are silent in qualitative health research literature. During
an interview, a participant revealed to a graduate student
doing the interview that she was involved in drug dealings;
the student was advised by one of the supervisors to delete
such interviews. A year later the participant's spouse was
dead from drug abuse. Researchers who are doing qualitative
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health research must be aware not only of the promise to
maintain confidentiality but to search vigorously for ways
to deal with the ethical and legal issues they may encounter.
Ethical codes and guidelines for research projects do not
have answers to all of the ethical issues that may arise during
research. Subsequently, ethical dilemmas that are not part of
the study may arise (Field & Morse, 1992) during an
observation in a clinical area. A novice researcher observed the
following event. An elderly woman asked to be taken to the
toilet; a nursing staff member said that was not a convenient
time and moved along to the next patient. In this situation the
researcher is witnessing an unethical behaviour. In this case,
Codes of Ethics indicate the rights of patients but do not indicate
to the researcher how to respond to this situation. Such
situations require careful examination of the moral
responsibility of researchers. For example, based on his past
experience, Patton (1990) recommended full disclosure of the
purpose of the study when doing participant observation. He
claimed that false or partial explanations are too risky and add
unnecessary stress. Qualitative researchers are expected to
describe the research experience in an authentic manner, often
contrary to their own aims (Munhall, 1988). The research
protocol also should provide enough information ensuring
protection of human subjects. Moreover, such protocols must
give details of the manner in which the study will be conducted,
followed by details of access to participants, informed consent,
and access and storage of data.
Ethical Principles
The difficulties inherent in qualitative research can be
alleviated by awareness and use of well-established ethical
principles, specifically autonomy, beneficence, and justice.
Autonomy
Several authors have claimed that the protection of human
rights is a mandate in health care research (Dresser, 1998;
Kvale, 1996; Munhall, 1988; Raudonis, 1992). Capron
(1989) said that any kind of research should be guided by
the principles of respect for people, beneficence, and justice.
He considered that respect for people is the recognition of
participants' rights, including the right to be informed about
the study, the right to freely decide whether to participate in
a study, and the right to withdraw at any time without penalty.
In a qualitative research study this principle is honored by
informed consent, which means making a reasonable balance
between over-informing and under-informing (Kvale, 1996).
It also means that participants exercise their rights as
autonomous persons to voluntarily accept or refuse to
participate in the study. Consent has been referred to as a
negotiation of trust, and it requires continuous renegotiation
(Field & Morse, 1992; Kvale, 1996; Munhall, 1988).
Informed consent is dynamic, for example, in studying
responses of family caregivers to caring for chronic patients,
determining who needs to give informed consent may be
necessary. For example, it may pertain only to caregivers or
consent from patients or other family members may also be
required.
Beneficence
A second ethical principle closely linked with research is
beneficence—doing good for others and preventing harm.
Beneficence in some situations may be taken to the extreme as
paternalism. A paternalistic approach indicates the denial of
autonomy and freedom of choice. For example, the researcher
may want to study the problem of violence among elderly
women but may decide not to include them because they may
be too vulnerable. In this case, the researcher is not giving elderly
women the opportunity to decide for themselves and for their
experiences to be heard.
Research strategies used to collect data and selection criteria
also have ethical implications. For example, Raudonis (1992)
indicated that considerable thought was given to inclusion
criteria during the recruitment of potential participants for a
nursing study of hospice patients' perspectives of empathy.
Those patients who were unable to give consent or unable to
participate in open-ended interviews were not asked to
participate.
If researchers are maintaining the principle of beneficence,
overseeing the potential consequences of revealing participants'
identities is a moral obligation. The use of pseudonyms is
recommended. However, this strategy may not be sufficient if
the study is conducted in a small community where participants
could be easily recognised. In such cases, circulation of the
study may need to be restricted, for instance, reports of a study
conducted with a group of Aboriginal nursing students may be
restricted until the participants graduate from the nursing
program. Such a group is small and can be easily recognised by
the nursing community. Protection of participants' identities
also applies to publications. Participants should be told how
results will be published. Quotations or other data from the
participants, even though anonymous, could reveal their
identity. Ideally, participants would approve the use of
quotations used in publications.
Confidentiality and anonymity can be breached by legal
requirements such as when researchers' data are subpoenaed
for legal purposes. If legal reporting is required, such as cases
of child or elder abuse, participants should be informed that
this information would be excluded from confidentiality and
anonymity. Despite the need for confidentiality, qualitative
research requires confirmability, that is, documentation of all
activities included in a research study. This audit trail is there
for other researchers to follow (Streubert & Carpenter, 1999).
This process may create an ethical dilemma regarding
confidentiality and anonymity. In some cases, participants may
need to know that other researchers may review the process
and the data.
Justice
The principle of justice refers to equal share and fairness.
One of the crucial and distinctive features of this principle is
avoiding exploitation and abuse of participants. The
researcher's understanding and application of the principle of
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justice in qualitative research studies is demonstrated by
recognising vulnerability of the participants and their
contributions to the study. For example, if researchers during
analysis of the data consider that a concept or a heading of the
report will be based on the contribution of a particular
participant, ethically the researcher should request permission
to use such a concept or at least discuss the issues with the
participant. In this way, the contributions of that participant
are acknowledged. Another way of implementing the principle
of justice is listening to the voices of the minority and
disadvantaged groups as well as protecting those who are most
vulnerable, such as children, prisoners, the mentally ill, and
the elderly.
Capron (1989) said that practical problems arise when
researchers try to implement the principle of justice. For
instance, the implementation of the principle of justice should
not further burden the already burdened vulnerable group of
participants. An example was the situation in which the consent
forms for a group of Ethiopians for a rabies vaccine trial were
not translated to the local language (News in Brief, 1999). A
similar case also was reported in a malaria project with children
from Zambia and Malawi, in which parents were not informed
about the experimental nature of the trial. Unfortunately in
these cases, like in many others (Capron, 1989), the participants
were among the most powerless people in society.
Implications for Researchers
Having these ethical principles in mind, those researchers
who are also clinicians should reflect on their roles as researchers
and in comparison to their previous roles as clinicians. At times,
however, researchers have to revert rapidly to their roles as
clinicians. The separation of these two roles is not easy.
Clinicians usually advise and treat clients for their complaints.
Clinicians, in this new role of researchers, should listen to
participants about what they want to say or to observe without
interfering. For someone who has been used to being in charge
or helping, this apparent passivity may cause discomfort and
some level of stress.
Moreover, conducting qualitative research in an area in which
the researcher works or is already known raises several issues
and ethical considerations. The clinician/researcher may get
better results because of knowing the situation and having the
trust of participants. However, the known researcher may get
less information. Patients and staff may feel coerced to
participate and may limit the information they give. According
to Field and Morse (1992) conducting research in one's work
area creates problems related to the validity, reliability, and
meaningfulness of the data. Conducting research in another
setting may mean that researchers have to spend more time
and effort establishing rapport and learning the new setting.
But, this change may result in more objective observations.
Negotiation of the researcher's role on a clinical unit is
important. If the role of the researcher is clearly identified
by the group and the purposes of the study are discussed, the
researcher will be regarded as such and not as someone who
is doing something dubious. It also will reduce the group's
false expectations. Perceiving the researcher as another pair
of hands who can be used during busy periods is an attractive
idea. The negotiation of the role will also promote a clear
understanding of the researcher's role during data collection.
Gaining the trust of the group and their willingness to support
the researcher's role is a step in the right direction, but it is
the recognition of the relevance of ethical principles that must
guide any research study.
Conclusions
In this paper, we have examined the common ethical
concerns that qualitative health researchers confront and have
highlighted the ethical principles that can guide research and
researchers. These principles cannot ensure ethical research
but they can contribute to an understanding that ethical
responsibility in qualitative research is an ongoing process.
Qualitative researchers should report the incidents and ethical
issues encountered in their studies to ensure discussion,
analysis, and prevention of future mistakes. Nurse researchers
must always respect the mandate of maintaining ethical
principles as an issue of protection of human rights, important
in both patient care and research.
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... Orb et al. (2001) recognise that a paternalistic approach in implementing confidentiality may be necessary to prevent harm in extreme cases of vulnerability. For example, in nursing research, a researcher may decide to exclude older women's experiences in research on violence as they may be too vulnerable (Orb et al., 2001). However, in my experience, the unilateral implementation of confidentiality does not seem beneficial to the participants precisely because the measure denies them the autonomy to make the decision (Giordano et al., 2007;Orb et al., 2001) and inadvertently gives power to the researcher (Giordano et al., 2007). ...
... For example, in nursing research, a researcher may decide to exclude older women's experiences in research on violence as they may be too vulnerable (Orb et al., 2001). However, in my experience, the unilateral implementation of confidentiality does not seem beneficial to the participants precisely because the measure denies them the autonomy to make the decision (Giordano et al., 2007;Orb et al., 2001) and inadvertently gives power to the researcher (Giordano et al., 2007). Lack of autonomy, mainly due to diminished decision-making capacity, engenders participant vulnerability (Bracken-Roche et al., 2017;Giordano et al., 2007). ...
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... Ethical issues are among the most important aspects that must be taken into another and include issues such as safety, the reason for investigation, deception, disclosure requirements for public data and obligations of the researcher to the participants, as well as the research agreement regarding how the data is going to be analysed and why or how it is to be used, reported and disseminated (Orb et al., 2000). Therefore, the guidelines of the research process ethics at Glasgow ...
- Hashem Iswaissi
The thesis critically evaluates the corporate governance (CG) phenomenon in Libya as a case study, specifically in the Libyan banking sector (LBS), in order to investigate whether is it implemented or not. To achieve the research objectives, four sub-questions are studied under the main question, including which factors influence the actual implementation of CG and the level of compliance of Libyan Commercial Banks (LCBs) with the Libyan Corporate Governance Code (CGC) 2010 for banks, together with an investigation of factors that may hinder LCBs' efforts to adopt effective CG practices and an exploration of the strategies of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) to overcome these issues. The research involved a qualitative approach through intensive fieldwork with in-depth interviews and documentation reviews in order to collect the required data, within the framework of agency, stakeholder and new institutional theories of CG. Six LCBs were selected as representative of the Libyan Banks, in addition to the CBL. The results of the findings reveal that the implementation of the CG Code 2010 in LCBs is still in the early stages. The weakness of supervision and absence of training, as well as lack of knowledge, are the main challenges to LCBs in complying with good CG practices. Furthermore, institutional factors have played a major negative role in hindering progress in complying effectively with the CGC, including political stability, together with legal and regulatory, social, and cultural factors. The political stability factor has an impact on both legal and regulatory aspects and on the CBL and their follow-up and supervision. The findings also reveal that there is an absence of the CG, audit, and risk management committees that represent important principles of CGC.
Purpose There has been a growing call regarding broad criteria for assessing qualitative methods' reliability and validity in international marketing (IM) research. In response, this study synthesizes the past literature to present an overarching, yet adaptable, trustworthiness verification framework for assessing the rigor of various qualitative methods used in IM. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on qualitative research from various disciplines. It uses content analysis to examine how trustworthiness is conceptualized in qualitative studies in International Marketing Review (IMR) from 2005 to 2019. Findings The analysis reveals that strategies to ensure rigor and trustworthiness of qualitative research in IMR are partially applied. There remain gaps in implementing quality criteria across the trustworthiness dimensions of credibility, transferability, dependability, conformability and ethics. Research limitations/implications This paper highlights the importance of incorporating strategies for assessing the quality of qualitative research in IM research. Since the analysis only focused on IMR, future research should explore and test the framework in other IM and business journals to reach a broader consensus in assessing qualitative studies' rigor. Originality/value IM researchers have yet to develop a consensus regarding broad criteria for assessing qualitative methods' reliability and validity. This paper is an attempt to fill this gap.
- Kleinsy Bonilla
This dissertation examines the provision of postgraduate scholarships by which selected donor countries have cooperated with Guatemala to develop capacity. The purpose of this study is to understand how this international cooperation scheme has been implemented, and to analyze the effectiveness of the support provided by donors. Drawing from capacity development and international education literature, this study proposes a framework to analyze the process and outcomes of this international cooperation approach from a holistic perspective, including a multi-sector viewpoint and a sequential timeline. This research presents a narrative account of the provision of scholarships offered by nine donor countries which have funded postgraduate academic programs (Master's or Doctoral degrees) for individuals from developing countries; these scholarships sponsor Guatemalans who wish to study at prestigious universities located within the donor's territory. Through the application of a qualitative methodology, this research reveals the actors, their roles, responsibilities and the dynamics of their participation.
- Rachele Girardi
Almost 50 years after the Stonewall riots, queer liberation and police resistance are still inextricably intertwined. International hate crime statistics around the globe show increasingly high rates of LGBTQ+ victimization and criminalization by law enforcement. This qualitative research aims at evaluating whether queer theories of visibility and performativity could serve as useful tools to investigate the problematic dynamics between police and young queer individuals. For this purpose, online interviews were carried out with a sample of 20 young queer individuals from different European countries. Findings revealed that performing non-heteronormative bodies and behaviours is associated with being perceived as risky, dangerous and deviant. The correlation between queerness and deviance leads to a number of detrimental consequences, including police over-policing and criminalizing young LGBTQ+ individuals in public spaces, queer people underreporting hate crime incidents for fear of secondary victimization, and overall scepticism and mistrust towards the criminal justice system. Thus, this research not only affirms the importance of including queer voices in criminological research, but it also reveals the insidious nature of police violence against the LGBTQ+ community, which has long been neglected in queer studies.
- Brian A. Smith RMN, MA, MSc
- Brian A. Smith
To illustrate the importance of considering the researcher's written reflections on the qualitative research process as a valuable source of data and as a means of enhancing ethical and methodologic rigour. Excerpts from the researcher's reflexive journal are presented as evidence of an audit trail. Ethical and methodologic concerns arising during the research process are outlined and the value of reflecting on these issues is addressed. A hermeneutic-phenomenologic study, conducted in Scotland, included in-depth interviews with six problem drinkers to explore the lived experience of their suffering. The researcher was considered to be a primary data-collection tool, whose reflections on the research process added to the contextual richness of the study. For an interpretative approach to data analysis, the researcher found metaphors to convey the participants' stories to a new audience. This intuitive, creative process was analysed and reported in the reflexive journal. The researcher's self-awareness, fostered by the use of a reflexive journal, is mirrored by the participants' ability to reflect on the final interpretation of their stories and on the therapeutic benefits of the research process. The researcher's reflexive journal reveals previously hidden contextual information which enhances the prime ethical and methodologic aim of the study—to understand the lived experience of suffering by problem drinkers.
- Mary Carol Ramos
Traditional values in nursing dictate a high level of concern for the welfare of research participants. Initial attempts at setting minimal ethical standards stemmed from the quantitative approaches. As qualitative modalities are more widely used, nurses must become acutely aware of possible problems in study design and planning, the dangers of coercion and deception, threats to confidentiality and trust, implications of the emergent design, and providing for a new concept of informed consent. The new character of the research relationship is examined in light of possible strategies for protection of research participants while preserving the integrity of qualitative investigation.
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