Before Conducting Primary Research

When conducting primary research you must avoid:

Harm to research participants
Harm to yourself
Damage to someones or somethings reputation

The way in which you can prevent these kind of problems is to be responsible with external contacts and assess the risks before carrying out any kind of research.

Harm to Research Participants
Privacy implications must be thought about before the research has been done. It is important to be clear and understand what data is necessary to keep and record about someone. When it comes to personal data then consent must be found. If privacy has not been fully covered then participants can take legal action.

Harm to yourself
To make sure that no harm is caused to the researcher themselves, details of where they are going and who they are meeting are vital.