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Contemporary expectations include the essential requirement that all research is conducted ethically. The formalization of research ethics can be seen in the growing number of national, institutional and agency-wide research ethics committees that set the parameters and foundations for research ethics approval. This chapter explores understandings of ethics and how these inform the research process. As part of this process, the ways in which certain aspects are prioritized and others rendered less important will be examined. Ethics is clearly more than a risk-management tool, but reductionist practices can serve to devalue outcomes. The process of thinking about a project from an ethical perspective is a requirement, but there may be some disparity about where emphasis is placed and how participants are positioned in this process.

In this chapter we will look briefly at ethical decision-making based on ethical theories and perspectives and the emergence of codified ethics processes such as professional codes of ethics and research ethics committees. We will then critically examine these in relation to contemporary research approaches of participatory, emancipatory and inclusive perspectives.