confidentiality, transparency, proper scientific principles, and thoroughness in work. (Resnik 1) Since my research is oriented to the defense sector, it encompasses more complex challenges than regular research. Understanding the dynamics of current operations and proposed changes could involve uncovering information that is concerned with the security of the state. Being an insider, it is also possible to become subjective and draw a conclusion from pre-existent presumptions instead of conducting research. (Resnik 1) It is also possible to use privileged information that may have been gathered previously without hierarchical authority. The fundamental ethical questions for my research, therefore,...
