noun phrase · academic
ethical considerations
/ˈɛθɪkəl kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃənz/ETH·i·cal con·si·de·RA·tions
moral issues researchers must consider when planning or conducting a study (e.g. consent, harm, confidentiality)
Examples
“Ethical considerations required that vulnerable participants not be exposed to risk.”
“The paper included a section on ethical considerations and data protection.”
“Before fieldwork the researchers addressed all ethical considerations in their protocol.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the methods section we explicitly listed ethical considerations, including consent procedures and data anonymisation.”
Collocations
- address ethical considerations
- raise ethical considerations
- ethical considerations include
Word family
Common mistakes
ethical consideration→ethical considerations
ethic considerations→ethical considerations
Say it for a higher band
5ethical issue→6research ethics→7+ethical considerations
Synonyms
ethical issues
Easily confused
research ethics
“Research ethics provides principles, while ethical considerations are the specific issues you document in a study protocol.”
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