Ethical Approval Application Form

Ethical Approval Application Form, modified Spring 2012 TPM
Approval Code:
E1- APPLICATION FORM FOR APPROVAL TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
BUSINESS SCHOOL ETHICS COMMITTEE
Dept/School
and unit
code:
Please select Postgraduate Project Undergraduate Project
(Double click on the box then click ‘Checked’ for a cross to appear in the box)
Project Title:
Researchers
Name(s):
Supervisor(s):
Date:
Applications should be submitted electronically to the Secretary of the School Research Ethics Committee as one single
file. One original hard copy must also be submitted with the signatures of all applicants and Supervisors.
Rationale: Please give a BRIEF description of the project in ‘lay language’. This summary will be reviewed by UREC
and may be published as part of its reporting procedures.
Ethical Considerations: Please give a BRIEF description of the ethical considerations of this project. Please mention
questions raised specifically in the form and, where appropriate, show that the basic ethical criteria have been met in
any use of (a) participant information sheets (b) consent forms (c) debriefing procedures.
This summary will be forwarded to and reviewed by UREC and may be published as part of its reporting procedures.
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A study on the impact of social media marketing on employee recruitment in
recruitment industry in the UK: A case of Regent Care Services
This study is focus on analysing the impact of social media in marketing field on employee’s recruitment in
UK. This will include majority for some recruitment agencies which depend on social media for different
finding which are skilled and qualified for various different organisation. With the help of social media the
organisation can easily remove their extra cost in recruitment process and able to serve more hiring within
their organisation.
This particular research will be followed by data protection act 2018, which would be helpful for the
researcher to conduct an ethical consideration form. The data which is used and collected through primary
and secondary data source is used only for the academic purpose and not used by any other purpose. All
these information are related to interview are collected by their respondent own consent, no information is
collected by force. Consent from will be filled by all respondent.

Ethical Approval Application Form, modified Spring 2012 TPM
Section A: PROJECT INFORMATION
1. Estimated start date.
When do you plan to begin your project? November 2020
2. Estimated duration.
How long do you think it will take? Three months
3. Does this research proposal involve...
3a. Potential conflicts of interest, eg. roles in research, intellectual property,
responsibilities of funders, research with policy or other social implications etc? Yes No
3b. Only unpublished data obtained with the permission of the owner/archive curator? Yes No
3c. Primary data collection (obtained through interviews, surveys, observation, etc...)? Yes No
If you answer ‘YES’ to any of these questions (3a 3b or 3c), you should elaborate in Q27.
4. Is this research proposal exclusively concerned with...
Only published secondary data sources (eg, material already in the public domain)*? *Yes No
*If you answer ‘YES’ to Q4, go directly to Q. 26, and Q. 27 
5. Your informants...
5a. Who are the intended participants? (eg. students) Potential employees, fresher’s, and mane experienced
candidate who are given their best within organisation.
5b. How will you recruit them? By social media platform and through the use of internal and
external source of recruitment within organisation.
6. Estimated duration of participants’ involvement...
(Eg, questionnaire 10 mins, Interview 20 mins, etc.)
With the help of questionnaire it takes approximately 15
minutes. And with interview process it takes nearly half an
hour for each candidate. Whereas with video calling
interview it takes hardly one hour to conduct the recruitment
process.
7. Location of Research/Fieldwork to be conducted:
7a. Where will you conduct your research? (eg, LRC foyer) Edinburgh, Cardiff and London.
7b. Do you need to secure permission to conduct research at this location? Yes *No
*If you answered ‘NO’, say why permission is not needed.
8. Is this research funded by an external sponsor or agency?
Yes No
If ‘YES’ please provide the name(s) and elaborate in Q. 27
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Ethical Approval Application Form, modified Spring 2012 TPM
Section B: ETHICAL CHECKLIST
For Qs 9-21, tick the box to show if your answer is YES, NO or Not Applicable. Please elaborate in Q. 27 if necessary.
If you tick ‘NO’ to any question 9-21, please give a brief explanation in Q. 27.
If you answer ‘YES’, it must be clearly illustrated in the relevant paperwork which must be attached
(ie, Participant Information Sheet, Consent Form, Debriefing Form, Questionnaires, Advertisement, etc...)
9. Have you obtained permission to access99 the site of
research?
If YES, provide the name, position and
business address of the person. Also, give
the name of the organisation.
A letter of confirmation is to be attached
to this form.
Yes No N/A
10. Does this research entail collaboration with other researchers?
If YES, provide the names and institutions of your collaborators.
11. Collaborative projects.
11a. If the research is collaborative, have you considered issues to do with roles in
research publication strategies/authorship?
11b. If the research is collaborative, have you devised a framework to ensure that all
participants are given appropriate recognition in any outputs?
12. Volition. Will you tell participants that their participation is voluntary?
13. Informed Consent. Will you describe the procedures to participants in advance so that
they can make an informed decision about whether or not to participate?
14. The right to withdraw. Will you tell participants that they may withdraw from the
research at any time and for any reason, without having to give an explanation?
15. Written consent. Will you obtain written consent from participants?
16. Recording. If the research involves making recordings (manuscript, digital, audio or
video), will you ask participants for their consent to be observed, videoed or taped?
17. Confidentiality. Will you tell participants that their data will be treated with full
confidentiality and that if published, it will not be identifiable as theirs?
18. Data Security. Will participants be clearly informed of how the data will be stored, who
will have access to it, and when the data will be destroyed?
19. Debriefing. Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation, i.e. give them a
brief explanation in writing of the study?
20. Omission. With interviews and questionnaires, will you give participants the option of
omitting questions they do not want to answer?
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Yes No N/A