To study the effects of fast food on lifestyle, health, and culture, from which group would a researcher ethically be unable to accept funding?

A fast-food restaurant

A nonprofit health organization

A private hospital

A governmental agency like Health and Social Services

A fast-food restaurant

Explanation:

For ethical reasons, the researcher should not accept money from a fast-food restaurant. It is very possible that after the researcher performs his research, his conclusions are negative for the restaurant. However, if the restaurant funded the research, the researcher might feel pressured to come up with positive results. Moreover, people might question the objectivity of the research if they found out that it was funded by a fast-food restaurant.

A fast food restaurant

Explanation:

it would give the appearance of impropriety if the effects were positive which would make the results questionable to others.