Ethics in commercial qualitative research – anybody seen them? On the ethical dilemmas of researchers involved in commissioned research
Ethics in commercial qualitative research – anybody seen them? On the ethical dilemmas of researchers involved in commissioned research

Summary/Abstract: The article reflects on problems of an ethical nature faced by researchers utilising qualitative methodology in privately funded research – social and political opinion polls, or market research projects. The commissioning entity is at the same time an evaluator of the research project, its recipient, and a client, which may affect the research process. Utilising source literature, in the article I will present analyses carried out for a project concerning the patterns of professional careers of researchers who work in private research agencies (market and opinion polling researchers) which was the basis for my PhD thesis and examples from my own long-standing research practice. I hope this article represents a valuable contribution to a further discussion on this topic.

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