چارچوب تدوين ارزشها و اخلاق حرفهاي پژوهشهاي علمي و فناوري

A Framework for Codification of Values and Ethical Codes of Scientific and Technological Researches

Background: It is expected that researchers pursue their research activities in a manner that is consistent with the professional ethics. Ethical codes represent the most important guidelines for researcher. While the importance of ethical issues/codes is well founded in the scientific research literature, no framework of ethical issues has been addressed and organized adequately. Methods: This study employed descriptive qualitative content analysis and open deductive codification to develop a framework of ethical issues from 30 organizationsʹ ethical codes. All of the organizations were related to scientific and technological research. Results: This paper outlines a framework that addresses and organizes ethical issues in scientific researches. This framework organizes ethical issues within 10 stakeholders and 5 sub processes of research. All ethical research issues can be divided into 50 cells of the framework. Conclusion: In order to guarantee effective ethical decision making, a comprehensive integrative framework is necessary. The suggested framework in this paper can address, organize and integrate ethical issues. Also it provides direction for future collaborative research and has 4 other functionalities.