RIS+Ethical+Conundrums

 I have decided not to do any interviews because (a) I never finished the IRB training, (b) Wicca is a religion of secrets, and often people do not speak openly about the religion, (c) I do not think it is necessary - there is so much primary information available through blogs of both those involved with permaculture, and those involved in pagan religions (and those involved in both), and (d) I don't know who I would interview anyway - especially since I've been behind in this class I haven't put a lot of time into looking for new interview subjects.   I suppose an ethical dilemma could be related to bias in the research. I should be clear what my biases are and how they shape what the thesis is. I should not present the research as pure fact, but as processed information gathered from various sources with my personal biases and opinions used to shape the information.   I am no longer concentrating on herbal medicine - so there is no worry of health ethics involved, nor am I interviewing, so I don't need to worry about presenting my interview subjects in bad light. I could present my reference authors in bad light by quoting them in misleading ways, out of context.