A researcher is conducting medical research on behalf of a medical company. After testing the equipment with one hundred patients he realizes that the equipment being marketed is defective and in 25% of the cases, the equipment can fail and lead to death.
1) What should the researcher do?
2) In this instance what do you think would be classified as ethical misconduct?
3) The researcher is of the opinion that he can discard the research and attempt it again using a different set of patients. Explain whether this is the right thing to do.