Ethics Application: Forensic Accounting Impact on Retail Corporations

This document presents an ethics approval application for a research project investigating the impact of forensic accounting on retail corporations in Australia. The research aims to analyze the conceptual and theoretical aspects of forensic accounting within the context of retail sectors facing issues such as insolvency and data breaches. The application outlines the proposed methodology, including a mixed-method approach involving questionnaires distributed via email and telephonic interviews. It addresses ethical considerations related to participant selection, consent, privacy, and data security, emphasizing measures to minimize risks and maintain confidentiality. The researcher ensures anonymity and the right to withdraw participation, storing data securely on a personal mail drive with restricted access.

Application for Ethics Approval
Student Details
Name :
Student Number :
Email :
Subject (Code/Name) :
Supervisor Details
Name :
Email :
Proposed Research Details :
Topic: Impact of Forensic Accounting on Organisation
Summary of the proposed research project, including brief description of methodology (bullet points
where applicable)
The study focuses on the conceptual and theoretical analysis of the forensic accounting in the retail
corporations in Australia. The retail sectors often experience a collapsing situation that includes the date
of insolvency, unauthorized leakage of commercially sensitive information, and theft of intellectual
properties. The study discusses the appropriate design and data collection process for investigating the
major aspects of the research area. The use of the mixed method approach is suitable for this study.
Ethics Checlist (Participants)
How do you propose to select your participants ?
The questionnaire will be distributed to the participants through personal emails. The telephonic
interview will be undertaken.
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 ?
Yes. They will participate in selecting the answers from multiple choices.
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
Yes. The participants will not be persuaded for answering any question. Their identity will be
anonymous. They can withdraw their answers at any point of time.
Describe any risk or harm to participants which might be associated with yoru research and how would
you propose to minimese these risks
The privacy concern is much significant in such context. Any kind of privacy breaching might be harmful
for this research. In order to minimize the risk, the research will maintain the privacy breaching act and
keep the names and identity of the respondents anonymous.
Privacy and Confidentiality
How will you protect the confidentiality and privacy of your participants ?
The personal email will be used for distributing the questionnaire. Therefore, the identity will be
anonymous.
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 researcher.
How will you store the data in order to ensure its security
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The personal mail drive will be used.
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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