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participation. (3) 
Invasion of privacy 
is an issue that concerns to what degree the researchers 
may invade the privacy of the participants. The MRS guidelines state clearly that the aim for a 
research is to not give the researcher any right to invade the privacy of the participants or 
should not, in any way, disrespect the participant’s values. (4) 
Deception
refers to the AoM’s
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Code of Ethical Conduct as they state that false reflections should be minimized and, if it is 
still necessary, the degree and effects of this should be as minimal as possible. Researchers 
should be careful when considering the potential benefits of a research in respect with not 
harming the participant’s dignity. If a research reaches a point where deception or false 
reflections occur, the participants that have been harmed should receive a complete and 
understandable explanation and, if needed, even provide the participants with psychological 
counseling (Bryman & Bell, 2011). 
The researchers conducted the interview with these four ethical issues in concern. The authors 
made sure that the respondents were aware that their answers were treated completely 
anonymously. If a respondent stated something interesting, they were also asked if the 
researchers could use the information as quotations in the study. The researchers also made 
sure that the respondents understood the research area and what they were expected to answer 
to. This was done in order to ensure that the questions would not be misinterpreted and that no 
inaccurate data would be used in the study. It was also made clear to the respondents that they 
were not forced to answer any question if they did not want or could do so. After the 
conducted interviews, the investigators discussed the gathered data in order to make sure that 
content were interpreted similarly. This in order to make sure that gathered material was 
reflected accurately.