Research ethics committees are more interested in the use of secondary as well as primary data.
Ethical reading is important: means that you can cite ethically and acknowledge people’s work accurately and appropriately.
There are a significant number of papers which are now being retracted from journals because data has been falsified in the analytic process or manipulated incorrectly. http://retractionwatch.com/
It’s ethical not to bore people!
The ethics of dissemination is important too: you need to present to your participants as well as to other audiences.
‘It’s ethical not to bore people!’
This should definitely be acknowledged more!