Research Ethics: Gender Equality in Leadership at Sra Ltd

This assignment is a research ethics form for a project investigating gender equality in leadership and management at Sra Ltd. The form covers various aspects, including the research title, project summary, research methods (questionnaires, observations, etc.), participant details (adults), data storage and security (compliance with GDPR 2018), and ethical issues. The student must address informed consent, potentially vulnerable participants, sensitive topics, risks to participants and researchers, confidentiality, data storage and security, reporting, and dissemination of findings. The student confirms understanding of the Research and Ethics Policy and has discussed ethical issues with their unit tutor. The project aims to ensure ethical considerations are met throughout the research process.

Research Ethics approval form
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. This is also
important to comply with GDPR 2018.
Section 1: Basic details:
Project title: “To Investigate the importance of gender equality in leadership and
management at workplace: A study on Sra Ltd”
Student name:
Intended research start date: 01/02/2020
Intended research end date: 30/06/2020
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 participants?
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults: 18+
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their
informed consent to be observed.
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 (GDPR 2018)
Yes No
Where will the data be stored?
Laptop
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
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 understand Research and Ethics Policy: Yes No
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:
Yes No