Materials sent for review should be read in their entirety and considered carefully, with evaluative comments justified with explicit reasons. Educational researchers should aim to conduct their professional lives in such a way that they do not jeopardize future research, the public standing of the field, or the publication of results. Responsibility to the participants 7. Participants in a research study have the right to be informed about the aims, purposes and likely publication of findings involved in the research and of potential consequences for participants, and to give their informed consent before participating in research. Honesty and openness should characterize the relationship between researchers, participants and institutional representatives.
Participants have the right to withdraw from a study at any time.
Researchers have a responsibility to be mindful of cultural, religious, gendered, and other significant differences within the research population in the planning, conducting, and reporting of their research. Responsibility to the public 12. Educational researchers should communicate their findings and the practical significance of their research in clear, straightforward, and appropriate language to relevant research populations, institutional representatives, and other stakeholders. Informants and participants have a right to remain anonymous. This right should be respected when no clear understanding to the contrary has been reached.