Considering ethics in your research

This guide is designed to help you to:

• Understand the significance of ethical concerns in the research process
• Identify the nature of the ethical issues that may be of significance in the design and implementation of your research
• Develop your research design in a way that takes into account of ethical considerations, so that your research is as ethical as possible
• Understand the complexity of the process of gaining informed consent and enable you to achieve this
• Reflect on the complexity of research ethics