The researcher should be aware of the environment and minimize intrusion on participants by influencing the research site as little as possible. Principle A: Beneficence and non-maleficence. If the researcher does not respect the site, environment and culture, he or she would run the risk of negatively affecting humans and non-humans in that area. Principle B: Loyalty and Responsibility. Part of loyalty and responsibility is establishing a relationship of trust with those with whom the psychologist works or studies. If the psychologist disrupts the site and disrupts the lives of others, he risks breaking the relationship and ruining that therapeutic or scientific relationship. Principle C: Integrity. The psychologist must not use deceptive practices to access protected sites. For example, if the research wanted to observe sacred ritual burial practices and was denied permission by a government agency, the psychologist would not have to trespass just to collect
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