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Table 1.

A typology of ethical issues in an interview

Type of ethical issues	Specific examples
Informed consent	Not explaining the purpose of the research to interviewee Not confirming interviewee to agree to participate
Anonymity	Failure to delete details such as names, staff ID number, race, date of birth, religion, and office position
Confidentiality and Privacy	Forgetting to agree with interviewee to keep the responses they give from third party Failure to store the information in folder encrypted Allowing supervisor to see the raw data (response)
Cultural sensitivity	Failure to allow interviewee to skip some questions that are very sensitive to their beliefs Wearing forbidden dress to meet an interviewee based on their background
Deception	Pretending to be someone else when dealing with interviewee No letting identity be known during data collection
Coercion/inducement	Giving money to interviewee to be interviewed Forcing interviewee to be interviewed Not allowing interviewee to cancel participation at any time
Power dynamics	Not respect interviewees during the interview Not allowing for clarifications from the interviewee Not treating the interviewee as yourself Declining the interviewee’s wish to listening to the recorded response
Preventing harm

Type of ethical issues	Specific examples
Informed consent	Not explaining the purpose of the research to interviewee Not confirming interviewee to agree to participate
Anonymity	Failure to delete details such as names, staff ID number, race, date of birth, religion, and office position
Confidentiality and Privacy	Forgetting to agree with interviewee to keep the responses they give from third party Failure to store the information in folder encrypted Allowing supervisor to see the raw data (response)
Cultural sensitivity	Failure to allow interviewee to skip some questions that are very sensitive to their beliefs Wearing forbidden dress to meet an interviewee based on their background
Deception	Pretending to be someone else when dealing with interviewee No letting identity be known during data collection
Coercion/inducement	Giving money to interviewee to be interviewed Forcing interviewee to be interviewed Not allowing interviewee to cancel participation at any time
Power dynamics	Not respect interviewees during the interview Not allowing for clarifications from the interviewee Not treating the interviewee as yourself Declining the interviewee’s wish to listening to the recorded response
Preventing harm

Source: Authors’ own work