Business School Research: Ethical Approval Application Form Analysis

This document is an ethical approval application form for a research project focusing on the impact of social media marketing on employee recruitment within the UK recruitment industry, specifically Regent Care Services. The application covers various sections including project information (start date, duration, and data collection methods), ethical considerations (data protection, informed consent, and confidentiality), and a detailed ethical statement. The study aims to analyze how social media influences recruitment processes, potentially reducing costs and improving hiring efficiency. The application adheres to the Data Protection Act 2018, ensuring that data is used solely for academic purposes and obtained with participant consent. It addresses issues such as informed consent, the right to withdraw, confidentiality, data security, and potential risks to participants and researchers. The researcher declares adherence to ethical guidelines and details data storage procedures, including measures to protect data against loss and ensure confidentiality. The application also includes a declaration of familiarity with ethical research guidelines and the attachment of all relevant paperwork.

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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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

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21. Relationships. Are any of the participants in a dependent relationship with the
investigator (eg lecturer/student)?
If YES, please give full explanation in Q27.
Section C: RISK AND SAFETY
For Qs 22-25, tick the box to show if your answer is YES, or NO. You should elaborate in Q. 27 where appropriate.
Yes No
22. Deception. Will your project involve deliberately misleading participants in any way?
If YES, explain in Q. 27 why it is necessary and how debriefing will occur.
23. Risk to Participant(s). Is there any realistic risk to any paid or unpaid participant, field
assistant, helper or student involved in the project? (Nb, ‘risk’ means experiencing any
physical, psychological distress or discomfort)
If YES, please explain in Q.27, saying what you will do if they should
experience any problems, eg who to contact for help.
24. Risk to Researcher(s) Is there any realistic risk to the investigator?
If YES, have the appropriate risk assessment forms been submitted to
the appropriate Safety Committee(s)?
25. Risk of Harm or Damage. Do you think the results of your research have the potential to
cause any damage, harm or other problems for people in your study area?
If YES, explain in Q. 27 why it is necessary and how debriefing will occur
Section D: WORKING WITH CHILDREN/VULNERABLE PEOPLE
For Qs 26a-g, tick the box to show if your answer is YES, or NO. You must elaborate in Q. 27 any ‘YES response in this section.
26. Vulnerable individuals. Do participants in this study fall into any of the following special groups?
If they do, please tick the appropriate answer, refer to the relevant guidelines and complete Q.27.
Yes No
a. Children (under 18 years of age).
b. People with learning or communication difficulties.
c. Patients (including careers of NHS patients).
d. People in custody.
e. Institutionalised persons.
f. People engaged in illegal activities, eg drug-taking.
g. Other vulnerable groups. (please specify)
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There is an obligation on the Lead Researcher & Supervisor to bring to the attention of the School Ethics Committee
(S.E.C.) any issues with ethical implications not clearly covered by the above checklist.
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Section E: ETHICAL STATEMENT
27. Write a clear but concise statement of the ethical considerations of this project, clearly stating how you intend
to address each of them.
In order to complete this research the chosen ethical statement show that I am choosing all data in an
ethical manner. Hereby, I assure that for the manuscript which are inserted here for completing all needs:
1. The chosen material and data is the authors own material, which are not published previously
anywhere.
2. This paper is not has been used and considered for the publication elsewhere.
3. This chosen paper is having reflection of their own research and analysis in a trustful order and
ethical manner.
4. The result which are derived from the consent research is real and data base.
5. All the source which are used within research is correctly used and review. This will be conducted
as the proper research and conducted as quotation and research references.
6. All the source are correctly disclosed and correctly cited within the research report.
7. Any kind of violation and misconduct in this research report is properly mine accountability and I am
being responsible for that misconduct.
All the information which are provided by me was declare right and submission are needed for following
policies. Which are highlighted in the guide of author and in ethical statement.
Date:
Signature:
28. Assuring Confidentiality. As we regard informants’ consent to be finite, please say how and where you will
store your data (to guard against accidental data loss) and the date by which your data will be destroyed
(usually, within 6 months after the completion of your course).
Protecting data
In order to complete this research proposal, the data protection act 2018 are used where all the data are
stored. All the information related to data will be only accessed by the organisation and researcher. This
data is stored within hard disk and personal computers or laptop of organisation. Further to records the data
in easy form mobile phone, USB storage and laptops are being used.
All these data are stored with the confirmation of respondent and that data is used and stored till the
concept of storing the data is fulfilled and utilised. This data is stored in the word and PDF format so that
everyone in the organisation are easily make access on that.
To make sure that all the ethical issues are demonstrate and create more awareness, but at the same time
it will include many ethical consent which are related to the concept of ethical issues. Some of the issues
are:
Informed consent.
Confidentiality and anonymity
Disclosure and limits of confidentiality
Data storage and security issue which are relate in during or after completing this research.
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Section E: DECLARATION
I, the researcher declare that...
(i) I am familiar with the ……………... (insert appropriate guidelines for your discipline,
eg BPS, ESRC, BAAL, MRC and ASA) Guidelines for Ethical Research Guidelines
for Research practices, and I have discussed them with all researchers
involved
in this project.
(ii) I have attached all relevant paperwork linked to this project.
(Nb, supervisors may need to seek guidance before giving approval.)
(iii) I understand that any substantive changes to this proposal will require
a new application to the School Ethics Committee.
Researcher(s)
Signature
Date
Supervisors must ensure they have read both the application and the guidelines before signing below.
Supervisor(s)
Signature
Date
O F F I C I A L U S E O N L Y
STATEMENT OF ETHICAL APPROVAL
This project has been considered using agreed University Procedures and has been:
Not Approved Approved
More Clarification Required
New Submission Recommended
Referred to UREC
Convener’s Name
Signature
Date:
Adapted by TM Nov 2011 from: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/utrec/SCHOOLFORMS/index.shtml
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