Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion: using Stutchbury and Fox’s methodological tool to assess ethical qualities of Masters of Education dissertations at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique (2004-2019)

Octávio José Zimbico
Abstract
This study assesses the ethical qualities of the master of education dissertations defended at Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU), in Mozambique, from 2004 to 2019. Under this general objective, this question sought to be answered: Which ethical qualities can be found in Masters of Education dissertations at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique (2014 – 2019), based on the methodological tool of Stutchbury and Fox for effective ethical analysis? This is a qualitative study with characteristics of systematic review and evaluation research. Data were collected from a purposive sample of 76 dissertations, available on the EMU Open Institutional Repository. Coding and anonymous analysis of the dissertations’ ethical procedures, under the methodological tool for the effective ethical assessment of Stuchbury and Fox then took place. The findings reveal that these dissertations can be considered slightly acceptable in the deontological dimension, while in the remaining three dimensions, i.e., external, relational, and ecological are weak and, therefore, cannot be considered reliable. These findings, also, reveal how challenging is to improve educational research integrity at EMU.
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ISSN(Online): 2998-7679

Frequency: Quarterly

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