Research Approval & Ethics Form for Business Success Study

The provided assignment is a research proposal approval and ethics form for a study on 'How globalisation drives business success: A case study on Booths, UK.' The student must complete all parts of the form, including basic details, participants, data storage and security, and ethical issues. The lecturer will then review and approve the form to ensure it meets the necessary guidelines.

Research Approval & Ethics Form
*Students must ensure that this form is attached with their final submission. Failure to do this will
result in your assignment been refused for grading.
Section 1: Basic Details
Proposed topic: How globalisation drive business success. A case study on
Booths, UK
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Student name: ...................................................................................
Student ID number: ...................................................................................
Programme: ...................................................................................
School: ...................................................................................
Intended research start date: ............................................. Intended research end date: .............................................
Section 1: Proposal
You must complete all parts of Section 1 & 2 and present to your lecturer for a brief discussion and
approval of your topic before embarking on writing a full proposal.
What are the research objectives?
Research project objectives (e.g. what is the question you want to answer? What do you want
to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?): Try to have at least 3 SMART objectives.
 To articulate the concept & significance of globalisation.
 To explore the potential advantages of globalisation over retail firms.
 To identify the factors that influences the trades of good and services at multinational
boarders.
 To provide suggestive measures those how increase in free trade aids to drive business
success.
Explain your reasons for your choice of topic
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal
interest, future plans, why the topic is important):
The present assignment is based on main aim of the scholar to identify the impact of
increasing trade of goods and services at multinational boarders. Hence, it can be specified
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that globalisation is one of the vital term that allows to have allowed drive of goods and
services across the boarders in unified and combined style.
Therefore, it is the concept that largely focuses over greater specialisation, larger
markets and also enhanced aptitude to adventure economies of scale (Olimpia and Stela,
2017). It is term that results in raising addition of economies about the world and also defines
the undertaking of goods, services and capital at international boarders (Du Plessis, Varottil
and Veldman, 2018). Therefore, the chief goal of choosing this research topic is to identify
the influence of trade and services in order to achieve the business success.
Hence, the depth research must be undertaken on the selected research topic so it will
be helpful in order to meet enhanced consumer demand at many entities that are attempting
to have expansion of their geographical foot print and also taking initiatives to extend their
value chain to an international level.
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Section 3: Data Storage and Security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data
Protection Act (1998) Yes: No:
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
Research and authorized authority.
During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
Computer, laptop etc.
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used? Yes: No:
If yes, please provide further details:
No
:
Ye
s:
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study? (This could be a brief
summary of your findings in general)
N
o:
Yes
:
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief
explanation of the study)?
No
:
Ye
s:
If No please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from
this
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their
informed consent to be observed.
No
:
Ye
s:
How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be made
clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting questions
they do not wish to answer?
Adul
ts:
Young People aged
17–18:
Ages 12-
16:
Section 2: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details
where necessary. Will your research involve human
participants?
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After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes: No:
If yes, please provide further details:
Section 4: Ethical Issues
Are there any particular features of your proposed work which may raise ethical concerns? If so,
please outline how you will deal with these.
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may arise as a result of
your research. Please consider/address all issues that may apply. Ethical concerns may include,
but are not limited to the following:
 Informed Consent
 Potentially Vulnerable Participants
 Sensitive Topics
 Risks to Participants and/or Researchers
 Confidentiality/Anonymity
 Disclosures/limits to confidentiality
 Data Storage and Security both during and after the research (including transfer, sharing,
encryption, protection)
 Reporting
 Dissemination and use of your findings
Section 5: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by The Pearson College Research Ethics Policy:
Yes: No:
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Module Tutor:
Yes: No:
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:
The above information is correct and that this is a full description of the ethics issues that may
arise in the course of my research.
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Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Date: …………………………………
Please submit your completed form to ………………………….
Section 3: Approval (To be completed by the lecturer)
Checklist Yes No
1. Is the proposed research title related to the theme?
2. Is the research scope realistic? (i.e. not too broad)
3. Is the research feasible? (i.e. could be done)
4. Is there a research question or hypothesis?
5. Is there a rationale or clear reason for choosing the research title?
6. Has the student considered how the data will be collected?
7. Has the student considered where the data will be collected?
Comment (If any)
Agreement from project proposal checker (if applicable)
I confirm the learner has met and discuss their topic with me and is appropriate to the theme
provided.
Name & signature:
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