ETHICS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

Boudina Hakim; Zouaoui Rabeh

doi:10.31435/ijitss.4(48).2025.6038

Authors

Boudina Hakim PhD Student, Sousse University, Tunisia https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7183-7510
Zouaoui Rabeh Dr., University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3554-9493

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31435/ijitss.4(48).2025.6038

Keywords:

Research Ethics, Digital Environment, Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Ethics of Scientific Research in the Digital Environment is considered one of the contemporary topics imposed by technological development and the shift toward the digital society.

The digital space has made available broad possibilities for collecting and analyzing data with speed and accuracy, but, in return, it has raised complex ethical problematics.

The principal problematic in this research lies in how to reconcile between the freedom of research and the benefit from digital data, and between the protection of individuals' privacy and their digital rights.

Questions also emerge about the legitimacy of using data available through electronic platforms without explicit consent from their owners.

The problematic is also related to the extent of the adequacy of current legislations to keep pace with the accelerated developments in the field of artificial intelligence and big data.

The research aims to clarify the concept of research ethics in the digital environment and its most important basic principles, and it also seeks to determine the ethical standards that the researcher ought to abide by when collecting digital data, processing it, and publishing it, and it likewise aims to strengthen the culture of scientific responsibility and transparency in the use of modern technologies.

In addition to proposing mechanisms to ensure the protection of participants and the safeguarding of the confidentiality of information.

The methodology relies on the descriptive-analytical method through analyzing the relevant literature and previous studies, and the comparative method may also be used to study some legislations and regulatory models in this field.

It also relies on the analysis of applied cases to highlight the real challenges that face researchers.

As for the expected results, they consist in highlighting the importance of adherence to ethical controls in the digital environment

It is also expected to present practical recommendations to strengthen data protection and ensure scientific integrity consolidating the culture of responsible research in the digital age.

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