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researcher shall exercise prudence in making public pronouncements
on the results of the study.

c. Justice
Study participants deserve fair and equitable treatment before, during
and after the study period. The researcher should provide equal chances in
the selection process, must comply with agreements in regara to procedures,
techniques or benefits due the participants. Adequate orientation and training
must likewise be provided to the participants, if needed, as well as giving them
due respect and courtesy at all times.

Ethics in research requires honesty and accuracy of data. The researcher must
guarantee factual and evidenced-based data. There should be no plagiarism such as
presenting the ideas or words of another as one's own, nor distort and fabricate data
for purposes of completing the research on time. The Philippine Copyright Law (R.A.
No. 8293) protects the intellectual property rights of authors and artists with respect to
his or her personal relationship with the work and utilization of this by others. This set
of ethical guidelines sustains the paramount value of research, which is respect for
human life and dignity, the expediency of knowledge and the ideals of truth.

Lesson 2: Procedures for Protecting Study Participants

a. Informed Consent
The participants must be fully informed about the nature of research, its
purposes and potential risks and benefits. They must have the power of free
choice to voluntarily consent to or decline participation in the study. They must
also be informed of the anticipated results of the study and how this will affect
them and the target population.
It is a principle that is fundamental to the notion of human rights
(Denscombe, 2002). This means that it is absolutely essential to seek the
voluntary consent of the human subject. The person involved should have the
legal capacity to give consent; should be able to exercise free power of choice
without any intervention or force; and must have sufficient knowledge and
comprehension of the subject of research to enable him to make an enlightened
decision. In the case of children participants or other vulnerable members of
society, consent must be given by the parents or legal guardian or another
person who has a direct, formal responsibility for the welfare of the child or other
vulnerable participant. Teacher-advisers in school, acting in loco parentis or in
lieu of parents, might take on this role.

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