A Study of the Experiences of Tabriz University's Teachers and Students about Attention to Research Ethics: A Phenomenological Study

Despite the growth of research in different fields, one witnesses lopsided attention to research ethics in higher educational grades. The present paper is an attempt to study experiences of teachers and students about attention to research ethics to depict a clear picture of misbehaviors and factors facilitating violations in the field of research in higher education. The present study was conducted through qualitative and phenomenological methods by collecting the sample via targeted sampling and deep interviews with 19 teachers and PhD students. The interviews were recorded and analyzed through Streubert and Carpenter (2003) method. In order to increase the precision, throughout the research, the manuscripts were reviewed by interviewees and the viewpoints of colleagues were taken into consideration. The findings based on the experiences of the teachers and students about research ethics were classified into six main themes, i.e. “misbehaviors in research”, “environmental pressures”, “individual traits”, “lack of management and guidance”, “educational system” and “consequences and results”, and several subthemes. The findings depict a clear picture of the experiences of the teachers and students about research ethics.