Question: In lieu of the above five key managerial considerations to help promote ethical research in business, discuss, whether your organization currently follow a code of ethics in its conduct of business research? If not, why not? Explain! [Please note that some organizations do delegate their business research to outside sources, however, these outside sources must and should follow the highest ethical standard, as directed by the code of conduct of the original organization, for which they conduct the business research.] [Please further note that if your organization does not perform or buy business research then provide your response on the basis of your E-text readings]

In your response, provide brief description (importance and relevance to ethics in business research) of the following subjects’ and societal rights. Furthermore, in your organization (or an organization that is delegated by your firm to conduct a business research), is management taking a proactive stance in communicating the benefits of research to subjects and society?

a) Subject’s rights are;

i) The right to choose

ii) The right to safety

iii) The right to be informed

b) Business is a social phenomenon. Therefore, business research has certain

responsibilities to society. The rights that the society can expect of business

i) The right to informed of critical research results

ii) The right to expect objective research results

iii) The right to privacy