RES351 Week 2 Individual Assignment – Business Research Ethics

RES 351 Week 2 Individual Assignment – Business Research Ethics

Find an article using the University Library or in the Electronic Reserve Readings that discusses unethical business research conduct that has resulted in individuals or a firm being convicted, or at least tried for, this conduct. Some examples include the following:

• Asking inappropriate questions

• Skewing research results

• Failing to maintain participants’ confidential information

• Using participant information for unintended purposes such as selling goods or services

Summarize the article you researched.

Write a 750-word paper in which you address the following questions:

• What unethical research behavior was involved?

• Who were the injured parties?

• How has the unethical behavior affected the organization, the individual, and society?

• How could the unethical behavior be avoided or resolved?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and submit your paper to the assignments section of your student website.