Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast or easy and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.
-Brené Brown
As clinicians, we essentially make use of research integrity on a daily basis, because our practices stems from it: an assessment tool or technique that posessed wholeness and completeness – which is the meaning of the word “Integrata” in Latin.
Steneck (2006) states simply that in order to have research integrity in a professional level, having and faithfully adhering to high moral principles or professional standards. This is where ethics makes an appearance, because dilemmas will eventually entail the researcher to think and act ethically using morals and values to ultimately make a decision that will not benefit himself/herself, but will prove to be an advantage for the greater good of the individuals around us.
I am closing off by posing a simple, yet intricate question to think about: if there had not been any integrity in the research that had been done, would physiotherapy, medicine, psychology or any other relevant studiy have been significantly effective?
3 thoughts on “Possessing Soundness of Moral Principle”
Good day Sune
I like how your initial definition relates to a students level, because personally as a student I tend to focus on what is easy for me, and which is the fastest way I can overcome the challenge. In most cases, I favor what I am comfortable with and this ends up compromising some morals, rules and values.
I feel like you lacked a bit in references, for example you could have reference the meaning of the Latin word intergrata. Therefore please try to reference your work.
I love how you posed the question at the end, which allows the reader to be able to engage as well on the piece. I believe that research is not mainly beneficial to the researcher but rather more impactful to the readers of the study conducted. Therefore you can dwell more on your question to enhance the readers knowledge.
Hi Sune.
Thank you for sharing your piece. My first impressions of your writing piece was “wow”. The image you used immediately caught my eye and I thought it was completely relevant to your writing piece. It would have been nice to just add the links between the image and your writing piece.
I also appreciate your creativity with regards to your name. I prefer “possessing soundness of moral principle” rather than simple saying “integrity for research”. Therefore, a big thumbs up for creativity, or just simply thinking out of the box.
Just a few pointers to consider to help improve your writing piece:
– double check your spelling, there are some spelling errors in your writing piece.
– shorten the lengthy sentences. Try and convert the long sentences into 2 or more shorter sentences.
Overall, it was a good piece as it was short and sweet and straight to the point. I liked how you asked the question at the end because this helps the reader to formulate their own opinions about the topic too.
Hi Sune.
As Chulumanco has mentioned, I appreciate the fact that you started your piece with a simple, and easy definition to introduce the topic. Another aspect that caught my attention was how short the piece is. I like that you did not drag out the topic with unnecessary information.
The picture you used was quite interesting. Although I would’ve suggested along with your introductory definition, you added a simple sentence explaining the image and its connection to your piece.
The first sentence of the second paragraph I struggled to make sense of. I would’ve appreciated a reference to refer to, at this point, to help understand what you meant. I also noticed some slight spelling errors.
I love how you ended off your piece with a question. It allowed me to think about the many times during blocks how patients are “mistreated”. We see how either nurses or even doctors barely greet the patient, and are just there to purely “get the job done”.
Your piece was short yet captivating as it allows the reader to question and think about their own experiences.