Research Ethics, Integrity, and Transparency

Research Ethics, Integrity, and Transparency guides researchers through ethics, integrity, and transparency when using big data, social media, and AI, with practical advice on consent, GDPR, bias, and open science. Bringing research ethics into the realities of digital data, this volume helps readers plan, run, and publish studies that can stand up to scrutiny. It reframes ethics and transparency as enabling conditions for trustworthy work, not a bureaucratic afterthought, and shows how to translate principles into defensible choices across the full research workflow.

Written for PhD candidates and early-career researchers across the social sciences and management, this volume also supports supervisors, methods instructors, research ethics committees, and research offices who need an up-to-date reference for integrity and transparency in the digital age.

Łukasz Sułkowski is a professor of economic sciences and humanities specializing in higher education management, social science methodology, HRM, and organizational culture, and serves as President of WSB University.

Sabina Ratajczak is a Vice-Rector for Development at WSB University, specializing in educational technologies and education management, with a particular focus on the integration of innovative digital tools into teaching and learning processes.

Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna holds a postdoctoral degree in economic sciences and is a Vice-Rector for Research and Education at WSB University, specializing in management and quality sciences, with a focus on HRM, innovation, knowledge transfer, and sustainability