Summary

The ethical principles that guide researchers include respect, beneficence, and justice. When these principles are used to frame ethical decisions in qualitative research, additional questions arise in terms of interactions with community members that are more involved than they are with quantitative research. Involvement in communities requires careful consideration of cultural and language issues. The transformative paradigm is used to examine ethical issues related to the use of research findings, especially in terms of confronting discrimination and oppression. Qualitative researchers need to be conscious of the implications of ensuring that participants are fully informed and that they consent to voluntarily participate in the researc....