Abstract
Ethical guidelines of importance in research methodology in Public Administration The purpose of this article is to make researchers in Public Administration aware of the fact that no scholar has a free hand in terms of the research procedures he follows. There are certain ethical guidelines that have to be followed in research projects where the object of study has to do with human beings, and with human environment. Researchers in Public Administration are often in a position of authority regarding the other participants in a research project. Researchers normally obtain formal approval from senior officials, such as Directorgenerals of state departments to do research in their institutions. This approval to a large extent gives the researcher in Public Administration formal control over research participants in such a government department. Ethical considerations come into play to act as a kind of control measure in the activities of a researcher.
Highlights
Researchers in Public Adm inistration are often in a position o f authority regarding the other participants in a research project
Etiese riglyne van belong in navorsingsmelodologie in publieke administrasie doel is gevolglik nie om ’n lys etiese riglyne daar te stel nie, alhoewel aandag aan sekere riglyne bestee sal word
G ekoppel aan die navorsingsmetodologie beteken dit dat daar deur middel van etiese riglyne gepoog word om die navorser in die Publieke Administrasie daarop attent te maak dat korrekte etiese riglyne bestaan en haalbaar is
Summary
Navorsers in Publieke Administrasie is dit nie altyd eens oor die wyse waarop etiese riglyne tydens navorsingsprojekte geinterpreteer moet word nie. Wat die aangeleentheid kompliseer, is dat daar ’n veelvoud van Christelike sowel as nie-Christelike lewens- en wêreldbeskouings bestaan wat as grondslag dien vir die doen en lale van mense. Die daarstelling van eenvormige etiese riglyne wat nagestreef moet word tydens die uitvoering van wetenskaplike navorsingsprojekte is gevolglik nie altyd haalbaar nie. Die doel met hierdie artikel is daarom om navorsers in Publieke Administrasie w eer bew us te maak van die feit dat daar etiese riglyne is wat nagekom behoort te word wanneer die wetenskap van die ontsluiting van kennis beoefen word.' Die. Etiese riglyne van belong in navorsingsmelodologie in publieke administrasie doel is gevolglik nie om ’n lys etiese riglyne daar te stel nie, alhoewel aandag aan sekere riglyne bestee sal word. Die doel is dus om die belangrikheid van etiese riglyne in die proses van w etenskaplike ondersoek uit te wys en ’n denkproses by die navorser in Publieke Administrasie aan die gang te sit, eerder as om na spesifieke vakwetenskaplike metodes te kyk
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