ABSTRACT
Ethics is conforming to the standards of conduct. In the context of medical research, it has several facets. Research ethics is in terms of sufficient reasons to start a new investigation and using an appropriate design, including adequate sample size, so that the efforts do not go waste and there is no unnecessary exposure to the subjects. This was discussed in Chapter 8 and concern for the welfare of study subjects was expressed in Chapter 2. Now we discuss reporting ethics in this chapter. Some of this too has already been discussed but some aspects of reporting ethics still remained undiscussed. These include duplication and plagiarism, copyright and permission, conflict of interest, and peer review. All these are the subject matter of this chapter.
