A person volunteered to participate in an experiment but was not told anything about what the experiment involved until after it was finished. The failure to inform this person about the experiment violates which ethical principle in research?

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Informed consent is the ethical principle that requires researchers to inform participants of the nature and purpose of the study before obtaining their consent to participate. By not providing any information about the experiment until after it was finished, the researcher violated the principle of informed consent.

A Person Volunteered to Participate in an Experiment but Was