Faculty of Business and Law Ethics Assignment

Faculty of Business and Law Ethics Approval Form, January 2018
Faculty of Business and Law
Postgraduate Taught Research Ethics Application Form
Title of Project
Name of Researcher
SECTION A
YES NO N/A
1 Will you describe the main research procedure to
participants in advance, so that they are informed what to
expect?
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2 Will you tell participants that their participation is
voluntary?
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3 Will you obtain consent from participants? 
4 If the research is observational, will you ask participants
for their consent to being observed.
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5 Will you tell participants that they may withdraw from the
research at any time and for any reason?
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6 With questionnaires/interviews, will you give participants
the option of omitting questions they do not want to
answer?
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7 Will you tell participants that their data will be treated with
full confidentiality and that, if published, it will not be
identifiable as theirs?
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If you have ticked No to any of questions 1-7, then your project is NOT low risk
8 Will your project involve deliberately misleading
participants in any way?
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9 Is there any realistic risk of any participants experiencing
either physical or psychological distress or discomfort?
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10 Will it be possible to link identities or trace information
back to individual participants in any way?
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11 Will the study involve discussion of sensitive topics (e.g.
sexual activity, drug use, ethnicity, political behaviour,
potentially illegal activities)?
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12 Will financial inducements (other than reasonable
expenses, compensation for time or a lottery / draw
ticket) be offered to participants?
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If you have ticked Yes to questions 8-12, then your project is NOT low risk
YES NO N/A
13 Does your project involve work with animals? 
14 Do participants fall into any of the following special groups?
If they do, please outline on page 2 how you will take account of their needs.
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