Research Ethics, Integrity, and Transparency

Łukasz Sułkowski is a professor of economic sciences and humanities specializing in higher education management, social science methodology, HRM, and organizational culture, and serves as President of WSB University. He also leads the Department of Higher Education Institutions Management at Jagiellonian University and is a professor at Clark University.Sabina Ratajczak as Vice-Rector for Development at WSB University, she specializes in modern educational technologies and education management, participating in numerous innovation and IT implementation projects. Her research focuses on the impact of technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality on learning and teaching.Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna holds a postdoctoral degree in economic sciences and is a professor, Vice-Rector for Science and Education, and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at WSB University. She is the author or co-author of over 120 publications and serves on the "Excellent Science" board at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) and as a member of the Polish Accreditation Committee.

• Introduction, 1. Ethical Frameworks and IRB Processes, 2. Legal Aspects: Data Privacy (GDPR and Data Protection Law), Consent, and Protection, 3. Responsible Use of AI in Research, 4. Bias and Fairness in Social Data, 5. Transparency, Reproducibility, and Open Science, 6. Informed Consent in the Digital Age, 7. Algorithmic Accountability and Regulation, 8. References.