Dr. Schaffer is interested in studying the link between social activities and grades in school. Students are all required to complete survey forms related to this research. If a survey form is not completed by the end of the semester, a student's grade is reduced by 10 points, but the students were not told of this contingency. In this case, it could be argued that Dr. Schaffer's research violates the ethical principle of ______.

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The ethical principle violated is informed consent because the students were not informed about the consequences of not participating in the research, which is a fundamental requirement for ethical research involving human participants.

Dr Schaffer Is Interested in Studying the Link Between Social