There are several ethical concerns that are particular to qualitative research, in part due to the unique means of data collection and researcher engagement in the field. Kato et al. (2014) give this description about data they recorded on the Lower Ninth Ward Food Access Coalition: “We use the actual names of organisations but use pseudonyms for individual people in order to protect their privacy.” (p. 1838) This example best represents what qualitative research ethical issue?
a. voluntary participation
b. appropriate boundaries
c. researcher safety
d. confidentiality
e. identity disclosure
