Ethics Proposal Form: Banking Credit and Economic Growth in Nigeria

This document presents an ethics proposal for an undergraduate research project focused on the relationship between banking credit and economic growth in Nigeria. The student aims to determine the impact of banking credit on Nigeria's economic condition, recognizing the crucial role of banks in developing countries. The research involves observation, questionnaires, and access to confidential information, categorized as research that does not cause harm but requires accessing confidential data. Key ethical considerations include maintaining confidentiality of data gathered from governmental and financial institutions. The research methods involve gathering primary data from participants, with an emphasis on quantitative data collection from online sources and journals. The data will be stored in a computer system. The student asserts that participants will not be fully informed of the risks and benefits due to the nature of the data collection. The proposal includes sections detailing the project's objectives, research methods, ethical considerations, and data storage procedures, culminating in a student and supervisor's signature for approval.

Faculty of Social Sciences
Ethics Proposal Form for undergraduate written projects, independent
study, and Student Link involving human subjects.
Updated: 2016
You should read the University Ethics Guidance before filling in this
form.
Please submit this form to the supervisor for the project you are
undertaking. Once the supervisor has approved and signed it, you
should append a copy to your project/dissertation.
Please note that this permission is only concerned with ethical issues and
does not indicate anything about the intellectual merit of your project.
Please type details into the form.
1. Name:
2. Student number:
3. Email address (this must be your University email address):
If this is a group project, please list ALL other students involved. (Full names
and student numbers):
4. Name of supervisor (if known):
5. Module Code and Title:
6. Project Title: Banking Credit and Economic Growth in Nigeria
7. Into which category does your project fall?
Tick as applicable:
Category 0
 Research that does not involve human subjects or raise any
ethical concerns.
Category A
 Research that involves human subjects that are considered
not to cause any physical or psychological harm. ✔
Category B
 Research that may be considered likely to cause physical or
psychological harm.
 Research that may be contentious and/or risks bringing the
University into disrepute.
 Research that requires accessing confidential data.
 Research that involves individuals considered to be ✔
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vulnerable.
8. Does your study involve any of the following?
(Please tick ALL that apply.)
Making video/DVD
Making audio recording
Observation of human subjects ✔
Participant observation ✔
Telephone and/or Email contact with individuals or organisations ✔
Interviews (structured/ semi-structured/un-structured)
Questionnaires (including on-line questionnaires) ✔
Access to confidential information ✔
Contact with minors (anyone under the age of 18)
Contact with other vulnerable people (e.g. victims of crime, the
recently bereaved)
Research about a controversial issue
Other: please specify (e.g. will your finished project be accessible to the public
outside the university?)
9. Brief outline of project.
This investigation perform evaluation over the banking credit and kind of
relation it share to the economy. The main aim behind conducting this
investigation is to determine the effect of banking credit on the economic
condition of Nigeria. As banks within developing country play a crucial role in
its economic projects as well as activities that support in providing sustainable
economic growth.
10. Research methods.
You should give a brief account of the nature of the intended interaction with
human participants. This should include an indication of:
 Your objective in gathering primary data from participants.
For representing authenticated information
 How participants will be identified (including sampling method if doing
questionnaires).
Topic in this investigation is related to economical and social problem of
country for which localities of Nigeria are considered to investigate
information.
 The number of research participants.
N/A
 A sample of questions if conducting either interviews or questionnaires.
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11. What in your view are the ethical considerations involved in this
project? (e.g. confidentiality, consent, risk, physical or
psychological harm, etc.) Please explain in full sentences. Do not
simply list the issues.
In this investigation the major ethical consideration involved is confidentiality
as the data is basically gathered from governmental or other financial
institute and their sources can't be presented among audience as it can
be misused fro another purpose.
12. Have participants been/will participants be, fully informed of the
risks and benefits of participating and of their right to refuse
participation or withdraw from the research at any time?
If yes, explain the procedure, if no, explain why.
No, as information is gathered in quantitative manner where it is collected
from online sources, journals etc.
13. How will you store the data you have collected, both during and after
the project?
The information is stored in computer system.
14. Is ethical approval required by an external agency/parents?
Please specify and attach written permission.
No
Student signature: ............................. Date……………………..
For supervisor’s use only:
Do you: (please select from options below – note that category B research
should be referred to the Faculty Ethics Committee, via Sheila Gill, the Faculty
Ethics Committee administrator. Any queries should also be directed to her in
the first instance):
1. approve the ethics proposal form
2. approve the ethics proposal form subject to the following (please detail):
3. do not approve the ethics proposal form and request that the student
modify the project.
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Supervisor signature: ............................. Date……………………..
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