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Role of Ethics in Modern Day Research
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<p><span>Research is one method of acquiring information. Most research projects involving people are geared toward enhancing human health, knowledge, cultural understanding, and general understanding. Research of this sort is conducted for a variety of reasons, including the alleviation of human suffering, the verification of scientific or social theories, the evaluation of policymaking, and the eradication of ignorance </span><span><span>(George, 2016)</span></span><span>. Researchers are provided a variety of freedoms and protections to ensure the continued autonomy of the research community in institutions of higher learning. The rights include the right to enquire and disseminate research findings. As a result, researchers and institutions conducting human subject studies must be aware that this freedom comes with considerable responsibility for ensuring the study is carried out in compliance with the highest ethical and scientific standards. Due to the high risks involved in achieving reliable and comprehensive findings, researchers' actions are under intense scrutiny. It is the responsibility of all researchers, regardless of their field, to ensure that the rights and well-being of their subjects are respected and protected. Researchers are responsible for upholding the values of truth, openness, accountability, honesty, and adherence to professional norms. The ethical responsibility of researchers is to protect their participants and alleviate any psychological or physical distress and social or physical threats. Negligence allegations are reduced when people act ethically. A branch of philosophy called ethics focuses on what is good or bad, right or wrong </span><span><span>(Qamar, 2018)</span></span><span>. </span></p>
<p><span>Ethics in the context of research is concerned with providing guidelines for researchers, monitoring and interpreting research, and establishing procedures to ensure ethical study </span><span><span>(Bos, 2020)</span></span><span>. A survey of the history of research suggests that the idea of research ethics extends beyond the rules laid forth in a code of ethics to incorporate not only the writer's intellectual and moral perspective but also the discourse and lessons learned across generations as a result of mistakes made in the past </span><span><span>(Braun et al., 2020)</span></span><span>. Ethics is highly critical and is considered to be a crucial component. A researcher needs to ensure that they present accurate data without making any mistakes. In addition, when authors are ethical, they are more likely to work together on their research projects, earning their superiors' respect and their peers' confidence. Researchers must treat all participants with fairness, integrity, and respect to accomplish this objective. By keeping ethical issues in mind, it is commonly established that each contributor's intellectual property rights must be protected. The researcher needs to have a complete understanding of all ethical principles governing research procedures before starting the project's research phase. The term "ethics in research" refers to a set of principles that should be followed as the standard for how researchers should act </span><span><span>(Žukauskas et al., 2018)</span></span><span>. Research ethics' main objective is to ensure that nobody is ever harmed or negatively impacted by the researcher's or the research's operations. In order to prevent any unethical behavior in an individual, group, society, or organization, a study must be created. Researchers are also morally obligated to protect the welfare of any human or animal subjects involved in their studies.</span></p>
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<p><span>The majority of people, when they think about ethics (or morality), think of rules for determining what is right and what is wrong. One example of such a guideline is the "Golden Rule," which states, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"</span><span><span>(Gensler, 2013)</span></span><span>. <span> </span>This exemplifies a code of ethics for professionals. Most people understand "ethics" to mean a set of principles that outline the boundaries between right and wrong behavior. Several disciplines tackle the question of morality, including philosophy, psychology, law, neuroscience, and sociology. Decision-making and problem-solving in complicated situations need an ethical framework, which can be considered an ethical method, attitude, or style of understanding. Ethics is a set of moral principles that guide one's actions, views, and perspectives </span><span><span>(Cascio et al., 2021)</span></span><span>. Ethics refers to the body of rules and concepts that govern what constitutes right and wrong action.</span></p>
Accounting for ignorance: An investigation into corruption, immigration and the State.
No full textThis research aims to investigate the financial and immigration mismanagement in Italy in the context of the recent refugee crisis. The paper contributes to previous accounting studies on corruption and immigration by unveiling the role of accounting as a technology of ignorance serving multiple and contradictory objectives of a fragmented State. We observed that ignorance partially produced through accounting relieved the Italian state of the social, political and economic burden of the refugee crisis. As opposed to a common understanding of corruption as use of public office for private gains, the consequent lack of control and corruption deriving from this ignorance ultimately served ‘public’ gains. The paper proposes retroduction as an approach for conducting critical accounting studies and invites future accounting researchers to expose States’ control over territory, resources, and population through a critical investigation of the strategic and political use of ignorance
Doing Transgender ‘Right’: Bodies, Eroticism and Spirituality in Khwajasira Work
No full textThe regulative and oppressive effects of gender norms on bodies of transgender workers have been mostly explored in standard binary gender work settings. We explore the regulative effects of specialized transgender work regimes by posing the following two questions: How do specialized transgendered work regimes regulate transgender work and bodies? How do transgender workers cope with these regimes? Through a case study of khwajasiras, a community of male-to-female transgender people in Pakistan, we explain how competing and conflicting body ideals of hyper-eroticism, spirituality, and hybridity set by these regimes, allow khwajasiras to transgress the binary gender norms. Ironically, however, these specialized work regimes have their own regulative and oppressive effects on khwajasiras’ bodies and work. We then demonstrate how khwajasiras cope with these regulative effects in three different ways: embracing the body ideals, strategically shifting work and body across the regimes, and relegating body norms as unimportant for being a transgender. We finally argue that these differences in enacting different form of transgenderness is an outcome of a tight coupling or contradiction between audiences, khwajasira community and individual workers’ own sense of transgender authenticity
Achieving business competitiveness through corporate social responsibility and dynamic capabilities: An empirical evidence from emerging economy
No full textThe automobile industry is adopting various processes, including innovation and dynamic capabilities, to foster economic growth and survival without negatively affecting the environment. This study investigates the indirect role of green innovation and environmental performance in the relationships of corporate social responsibility and dynamic capabilities with business competitiveness. Additionally, this research explores government support as a boundary condition in strengthening (or vice versa) the impact of dynamic capabilities and corporate social responsibility on green innovation. We used a self-administered survey questionnaire to collect data from 344 respondents in Pakistan's automobile industry. The structural equation modeling results revealed that green innovation and environmental performance act as mediators and government support strengthens dynamic capabilities and corporate social responsibility connection with green innovation. The theoretical and practical implications for practicing managers are thoroughly discussed
FIGURE 9, 10. 9 in Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan
No full textFIGURE 9, 10. 9. Eumenes papillarius, metasoma, lateral view. 10. Allorhynchium argentatum, fore wing.Published as part of Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan, 2015, Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan, pp. 501-524 in Zootaxa 3914 (5) on page 504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24173
Haematological Alterations in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Infected by Saprolegnia spp.
No full textThe effect of Saprolegniasis on hematological parameters of Cyprinus carpio was studied in River Indus at Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The results showed that Saprolegniasis significantly decreased the total erythrocytes count, packed cell volume, and hemoglobin content, while the white blood cells and mean corpuscular volume were significantly increased in the infected fish as compared to the healthy fish. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin was found higher while mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration was found lower in infected fish. Saprolegnia triggers a strong inflammatory response in its host by suppressing fish immunity. The Pearson linear correlation analysis showed a significant correlation for several parameters (P<0.05). It is obvious that Saprolegniasis seriously damage the population of freshwater fishes
FIGURES 15, 16. Metasoma, lateral view. 15. Eumenes punctatus. 16. E in Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan
No full textFIGURES 15, 16. Metasoma, lateral view. 15. Eumenes punctatus. 16. E. papillarius.Published as part of Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan, 2015, Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan, pp. 501-524 in Zootaxa 3914 (5) on page 506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24173
FIGURE 23. Allorhynchium argentatum. a. Head, frontal view. d in Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan
No full textFIGURE 23. Allorhynchium argentatum. a. Head, frontal view. d. ♀, lateral view.Published as part of Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan, 2015, Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan, pp. 501-524 in Zootaxa 3914 (5) on page 511, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24173
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