Despite the growing importance of ethics in IS, there is a lack of guidance on how to do research on ethics. There is
a wealth of guidance on how to conduct mainstream positivist and quantitative research in IS. Scholars engaged in
research approaches that are less widely spread, such as interpretive research (Klein & Myers, 1999) or design
science research (Hevner et al., 2004), have attempted to provide guidelines for research in these traditions, which
will help researchers create sound research design and which will help reviewers and editors to assess the quality of
the work undertaken. Research on ethics does not easily fall into any of the dominant categories or paradigms in IS
and thus cannot always profit from existing advice