Research Proposal: Accounting Fraud Prevention in Australia, BUS707

This document presents a comprehensive research proposal focused on accounting fraud prevention in Australia. The study aims to evaluate the role of auditors in the accounting sector, utilizing both primary and secondary data collection methods, including probability sampling and the use of MS-Excel for data analysis. The research employs a descriptive research design. The proposal includes an ethics checklist addressing participant selection, consent, potential risks, and data confidentiality. The student outlines measures to protect participant privacy and confidentiality, ensuring anonymity and addressing plagiarism concerns. The research also details data collection and storage procedures, ensuring data security and outlining who will have access to the data. The proposal follows the guidelines of the BUS707 Applied Business Research assessment, including a structured literature review and ethical considerations.

Application for Ethics Approval
Student Details
Name :
Student Number :
Email :
Subject (Code/Name) :
Supervisor Details
Name :
Email :
Proposed Research Details :
Topic: Accounting fraud prevention in Australia
Summary of the proposed research project, including brief description of methodology (bullet
points where applicable)
 The key aim of this study is to evaluate the role of auditors in the accounting sector.
Therefore, the investigator has utilized both primary as well as secondary data
collection tool.
 The investigator has directly communicated with their research participants and gather
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reaction of participants by entailing the primary data collection method.
 Probability with simple random sampling technique would be practiced for performing
this research study that may assist the researcher to conduct the research in a
methodological way.
 Ms-Excel software program would be used by the research scholar for this research
study because it leads the investigator for evaluating the collected data and get the
authentic conclusion.
 The descriptive research design method will be practised by the researcher due to
getting the feasible information about the study.
Ethics Checklist (Participants)
How do you propose to select your participants ?
 Probability with simple random sampling technique would be practiced for performing
this research study that may assist the researcher to conduct the research in a
methodological way.
 This method of sampling is more convenient as compared to other methods of
sampling.
 This investigation would be performed on the 50 professionals of accounting and
auditing that enables the research scholar to attain a feasible research outcome.
 Selected professionals would share their views and opinion related to the Importance
of Accounting and auditing ethics for professionals.
Will your research involve adults who might be identified by you or anyone else reading the
research ? (Yes/No). If yes, how will you obtain their consent ?
No
Does your research involve children under eighteen years old ? (Yes/No)
No
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Ethics Checlist (Participants)
Will your research take place in an institution ? (Yes/No)
No
Are in a position of power over participants ? (Yes/No), if yes, describe any ethical
implication an dhow you deal with them
No
Describe any risk or harm to participants which might be associated with you research and
how would you propose to minimize these risks.
The data confidentiality issue has been faced by the participates at the time of research. For
mitigating this issue, the investigator will use the protection password by which the provided
data will be secured under the lock. It would be effective for maintaining the quality of the
research outcome.
Privacy and Confidentiality
How will you protect the confidentiality and privacy of your participants ?
General data protection right
GDPR activity is considered by the researcher for securing the confidentiality with aspect to
personal information which would be shared by specified candidates. With respect to research
matter, the research will not be distributed the information to any persona.
Confidentiality
The collected information is not shared by any other. The investigator will be liable for
securing all information to make the accuracy of the research outcome. It will support to make
transparent relation with others.
Anonymity:
The selected research candidates will be selected for its opinions as they shared by researchers
in the context of research matter. Hence, the research will provide research candidates that its
identification would be secured during as well as after the study.
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Plagiarism:
For conducting the study free by plagiarism, the researcher would not copy any content in the
study as well as the right approaches of study by practicing their own words.
Consent:
On the basis of ethical norms, the research candidates will not be the under pressure to react to
the study. It will show the need for collecting informed consent by research candidates into
the research.
Will it be possible to identify participants from published data ? (Yes/No), if yes, is there any
ethical issue which may arise from such identification.
No
Data Collection and Storage
Who will have access to the data ?
 The key aim of this study is to evaluate the role of auditors in the accounting sector.
Therefore, the investigator has utilized both primary as well as secondary data
collection tool.
 The investigator has directly communicated with their research participants and gather
reaction of participants by entailing the primary data collection method.
 The investigator has directly communicated with their research participants and gather
reaction of participants by entailing the primary data collection method.
How will you store the data in order to ensure its security
All the evaluated will be practiced and outcomes will be distributed without any individual
biases and quality would be keep in the proposed study.
Note : Ethics Approval Form is not counted toward the word count of the assessment, only
fill in this form if applicable. Include this form as appendices.
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