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This paper examines the need for standards to resolve ethical conflicts related to qualitative, on-line research. Practitioners working in the area of qualitative research gauged the breadth and depth of this need. Those practitioners identified several key ethical issues associated with qualitative on-line research, and felt that there should be a common ethics code to cover issues related to Internet research. They also identified challenges associated with the profession's acceptance of a unified code. The paper concludes by offering guidance in developing and implementing such a code.
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DeLorme, D.E., Sinkhan, G.M. & French, W. Ethics and the Internet Issues Associated with Qualitative Research. Journal of Business Ethics 33, 271–286 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011812620080
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