Ethical Dilemmas: A Perspective of Research Students of Malakand University

Abstract

This study explored “Ethical Dilemmas in Research: A Case Study of University Students” The objective of the study were to explore To investigate the situations in which scholars face ethical dilemmas related to their research work; The population of the study was university of Malakand. A purposive sampling technique was employed to choose a sample of 11 Mphil scholars. In depth interviews according to the need of the study were conduct to collect data from 11 scholars. The data was analyzed by thematic analysis to interpret the result. The result was attained via the main challenge which the researcher faced in ethical dilemmas in research is lack of awareness of giving the informed consent before conducting an interview. These findings are a nice addition to the knowledge in the field of education. It is recommended that the Government and non-governmental organizations may spread awareness through various social media platforms that conduct research study on anything needs to be crystal clear and transparent from all the cheating tools.