Ethical Considerations for Research

This assignment requires a researcher to provide detailed information about their proposed work, including potential ethical concerns and how they will be addressed. The researcher must demonstrate awareness of potential risks and outline strategies for dealing with these issues. Specific details include obtaining consent from participants, debriefing participants at the end of their participation, and storing personal data in compliance with the Data Protection Act (1998).

Research Form

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: ______________________________________________
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
How globalisation can drive business success. A study on CADBURY.
Aim:
To understand the role of globalisation in driving business success by dealing with
operational inefficiency. A study on CADBURY.
Research 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?):
Research objectives
 To determine the role of globalisation in enhancing operational efficiency of an
organisation.
 To analyse the ways with which organisational can deal with operational inefficiency
at international level.
 To ascertain the relationship between globalisation of operation and increasing
productivity of organisation
Research questions
 What is the role of globalisation in enhancing operational efficiency of an organisation
?
 What are the ways through which organisational can deal with operational inefficiency
at international level ?

 What relationship does globalisation of operation shares with increasing productivity
of organisation ?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g links to other subjects you are studying,
personal interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the
topic is important):
The reason behind selecting this topic is to identify the benefit that a company get after
globalising business operations so that the user may improve their knowledge regrading
business operations at global level. This knowledge will further support researcher in future
practices while working at a multinational organisation. In addition of this when this research
gets published it support in generating awareness regarding benefits that globalisation brings
to an organisation. It also holds academic importance which support students to enhance their
knowledge by considering practical example as a part of their study.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or
hypothesis:
The role of globalisation in enhancing productivity of CADBURY
According to view point of Saxena, 2014 Globalisation of business support a company to gain
several benefits like access to technology, raw material, resources and manpower at cheaper
rate. This support an organisation to improve the quality of operations by adopting the high
quality of resources and other material at relatively lower price to produce more standardised
product. This is because, an organisation adopt the expansion of business operations at global
level so that it would be able to provide more standardised products by adopting the culture
and taste of people within a particular region so that variation in product can be taken into
consideration. This also contribute toward increasing the sales and profitability of a company
at global market by increasing its brand value among customers resides at several different
locations.
Ways adopted by organisation to deal with operational inefficiency at international level.
As per the view point of Sammy Collins, 2019, globalisation is the process in which
organisational activities are conducted on international level across countries. This support an

organisation to get access to several factor which help in enhancing the level of operational
quality by removing the issues which an organisation faces at current place of operations. By
entering into global market an organisation get access to more capital which make it easier for
them to invest toward improving the operational efficiency in term of installing new
machineries, providing training to employees, hiring expertise. Despite of this, it also support
in getting access to more advanced technology which help in improving the production
process of companies and thus contributed toward enhancing the operational efficiency.
The relationship between globalisation of operation and increasing productivity
From the view point of Grossman and Helpman, 2015, globalisation holds up a direct
relationship with an organisational success by improving and standardising the business
operation through integration of culture and practices. By expanding the business operations
at global level, an organisation become able to maintain its cost of production in effective
manner as with the expansion of business it become able to access the resources and other
material of high quality at cheaper rate which contribute toward increasing its productivity.
Hence, the globalisation of business operations proves to be more beneficial for increasing the
productivity of company that further contributed toward increasing market share by becoming
able to satisfy the need of customers.
Research gap
It is required by different department to perform their operation in effective manner in order
to reduce the chances of error which directly affect the performance as well as operational
efficiency of a company. Hence, in order to deal with the issue of operational inefficiency
company can expand in such countries which contains high skilled labour, technological
advancement and provide more access to capital which help in removing the reasons behind
inefficiency involve in operations. This assist in improving the practices performed for
improving operational efficiency.
References
Collins. S. 2019. Globalization – Concept, Causes and Consequences. [Online] Available
through: <https://thriveglobal.com/stories/globalization-concept-causes-and-consequences/>.
Saxena, A., 2014. Workforce diversity: A key to improve productivity. Procedia Economics
and Finance. 11. pp.76-85.
Grossman, G. M. and Helpman, E., 2015. Globalization and growth. American Economic
Review. 105(5). pp.100-104.

Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g
research, development and analysis of ideas, writing, data
collection, numerical analysis, tutor meetings, production of final
outcome, evaluation, writing the report):
Research can be conducted efficiently with the help of some
activities which are discussed as under-
Submission of research proposal
Complete background information for research project
Collect secondary sources of information for research project
Complete research methodology and collect primary and secondary
sources of information
Complete collecting data for study and present the result
Determining Budget
Data Interpretation and analysis
Evaluating results and findings
Complete the report and submit the final report
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Milestone one: ___literature review______________
Target date (set by tutor): ___9 days_________________
Milestone two: ___Data collection____________________
Target date (set by tutor): __21 days____________________
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart refers to as a pictorial representation of activities to be performed in a
research within vertical as well as horizontal lines. This aligned the activities in
synchronised manner and also support in directing the manner in which operations
must be performed.
Section Five: Research approach and methodologies
What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why?
What your areas of research will cover:
Research methodology refers to as that section of an investigation which brief about the
number of tools and techniques used within investigation for gathering, evaluating and
interpreting the information in effective manner. The tools and technique used for
investigation are mentioned below:
Research philosophy- There are basically two type of philosophies that are commonly used
within an investigation positivism and interpretivisim. In this investigation interpretivisim
philosophy will be used as it is effective for qualitative investigation where it evaluates
already prescribed information for providing more detailed description to have in depth
understanding.
Research approach- The approaches used for an investigation are of two type inductive and
deductive. For conducting this investigation inductive approach will be used as it helps in
presenting information in more detailed and understandable manner by making use of
graphical and chart format.
Data source- The information about a particular research topic is gathered from two type of
data collection sources such as primary and secondary information. In this both the method
will be used where primary information will be collected with the help of questionnaire that

aid in gathering new information from larger number of people at single time. On other hand
secondary information will be gathered by taking viewpoints of authors from several sources
like books, journal, article etc. and then critically evaluating them through literature review.
Type of investigation- There are mainly two type of investigation method used to gather and
present information i.e. qualitative and quantitative. In this investigation qualitative method
will be used as it provides a theoretical framework that support in performing in depth
investigation so that detail information can be presented.
Sampling technique- It refers to the method of selecting group of people for gathering
information from them on behalf of total population. There are two type of sampling
technique used such as probabilistic and non-probabilistic. In this investigation non-
probabilistic technique will be used where respondents will be selected on random basis
without any kind of bias behaviour.
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments (optional):
I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for
another qualification and is appropriate.
Agreed: ________________ (name)_______________ Date ______________
Comments and agreement form project proposal checker( IV sampling)
Comments (Optional):
I confirm that the project is appropriate.
Agreed /Disagree: (Name of the IV)
Date

Research Ethics approval form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use of
data collected form human participants are required to gain ethical approval before
commencing their research. Please answer all relevant questions and note that your
form may be returned if incomplete.
For further support and guidance please see your respective Unit Tutor:
Before completing this form, we advise that you discuss your proposed research fully
with your unit tutor. Please complete this form in good time before your research
project is due to commence.
Section 1: Basic details:
Project title:
“How globalisation can drive business success.” A study on CADBURY.
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:11
College Name
Intended research start date:
Intended research end date:
Section 2 Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as a part of your project:
 Interviews Yes No
 Questionnaires Yes No

 Observations Yes No
 Use of personal records Yes No
 Data Analysis Yes No
 Action Research Yes No
 Focus Groups Yes No
 Others (Please specify) :
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?
Yes, it involves human participants
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
In this research the respondents are employees that will be selected using non-
probabilistic approach of sampling where employees are randomly mailed with the
questionnaire to gather information.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are
doing:
Information will be posted over the notice board of organisation in order to make
employees informed about the research.
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?

Participants' consent will be collected in a written format and hard copy.
Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting
questions that do not wish to answer?
Yes No
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.
Yes No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e give them a brief
explanation of the study)?
Yes No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study?(This could
be a brief summary of your findings in general)
Yes No
Section 4: 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?
Researcher will have access to data gathered from respondents because the researcher is
responsible for gathering the data.
During the research:
Researcher
Where will the data be stored?
The data will be kept stored securely in computerised form.
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes No
If Yes, please provide further details:
After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
It will be stored in personal computer of researcher
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
The data will be kept stored at least for 1-2 year in word document format
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes No
Section 5 : 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
because 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
 Risk 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 6: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by the institution’s Research and Ethics
Policy: Yes No
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:
Yes No
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:
The above information is correct, and this is a full description of the ethical issues
that may arise in the course of my research
Name:
Date:

Please submit your completed form to your supervisor and also attach to the
Research Proposal when submitting to Turnitin.