Ethics, Reflexivity, and “Ethically Important Moments” in Research

Guillemin, Marilys; Gillam, Lynn

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Ethics, Reflexivity, and “Ethically Important Moments” in Research

Guillemin, Marilys, Gillam, Lynn·2004·Qualitative Inquiry

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Ethical tensions are part of the everyday practice of doing research—all kinds of research. How do researchers deal with ethical problems that arise in the practice of their research, and are there conceptual frameworks that they can draw on to assist them? This article examines the relationship between reflexivity and research ethics. It focuses on what constitutes ethical research practice in qualitative research and how researchers achieve ethical research practice. As a framework for thinking through these issues, the authors distinguish two different dimensions of ethics in research, which they term procedural ethics and “ethics in practice.” The relationship between them and the impact that each has on the actual doing of research are examined. The article then draws on the notion of reflexivity as a helpful way of understanding both the nature of ethics in qualitative research and how ethical practice in research can be achieved.

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10.1177/1077800403262360 ARTICLEQUALITATIVE INQUIRY / April 2004Guillemin, Gillam / “ETHICALLY IMPORTANT MOMENTS” Ethics, Reflexivity, and “Ethically Important Moments ” in Research
Guillemin, M. N., & Gillam, L. (2015)
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Authors: Guillemin, M., & Gillam, L.
Affiliations: The University of Melbourne (AU)
ORCID: Guillemin, Marilys
Gillam, Lynn
Venue: Qualitative Inquiry
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2004-04
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Pages: 261-280
ISSN: 1077-8004 (ISSN-L)
1552-7565
DOI: 10.1177/1077800403262360
OpenAlex: W2103099631
Cited by: 2,671
References: 27
Citations by year: 2026: 226 · 2025: 216 · 2024: 200 · 2023: 235 · 2022: 197 · 2021: 191 · 2020: 212 · 2019: 219 · 2018: 148 · 2017: 125 · 2016: 134 · 2015: 102 · 2014: 122 · 2013: 79 · 2012: 65
FWCI: 48.16
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Qualitative Inquiry (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Data Analysis and Archiving
Keywords: research ethics, reflexivity, qualitative research ethics, procedural ethics, ethics in practice

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