Ethics Approval: The Shades Hair & Beauty Salon Business Plan

This document represents an ethics approval application for 'The Shades,' a proposed hair and beauty salon in London. The application, likely for a Cardiff Metropolitan University project, details the project's aims to provide high-quality services in a relaxing environment, emphasizing customer loyalty and quality cosmetics. The research design involves a survey using semi-structured questionnaires administered to 100 potential customers, employing convenience and random sampling techniques. Data analysis will be conducted using SPSS software. Potential risks include participant refusal, survey attrition, and time constraints, which will be mitigated through effective time management, clear communication of study objectives, and appropriate sampling techniques. The application includes declarations and requests supervisor approval, focusing on ethical considerations in the business plan's development and implementation. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments for students.

When undertaking a research or enterprise project, Cardiff Met staff and students are obliged to complete
this form in order that the ethics implications of that project may be considered.
If the project requires ethics approval from an external agency such as the NHS or MoD, you will not need
to seek additional ethics approval from Cardiff Met. You should however complete Part One of this form
and attach a copy of your NHS application in order that your School is aware of the project.
The document Guidelines for obtaining ethics approval will help you complete this form. It is available
from the Cardiff Met website.
Once you have completed the form, sign the declaration and forward to your School Research Ethics
Committee.
PLEASE NOTE:
Participant recruitment or data collection must not commence until ethics approval has been obtained.
PART ONE
Name of applicant: Nway Nway Aung
Supervisor (if student project): Click here to enter text.
School: Click here to enter text.
Student number (if applicable): Click here to enter text.
Programme enrolled on (if applicable): Click here to enter text.
Project Title: The Shades – Hair and Beauty Salon Business Plan
Expected Start Date: Click here to enter a date.
Approximate Duration: Click here to enter text.
Funding Body (if applicable): Click here to enter text.
Other researcher(s) working on the project: If your collaborators are external to Cardiff Met, include
details of the organisation they represent.
Will the study involve NHS patients or staff? No
Will the study involve taking samples of
human origin from participants?
No
In no more than 150 words, give a non-technical summary of the project
The Shades is a full service hair and beauty salon offering excellent service, quality products and a great
atmosphere for males and females. The salon is positioned in London. The mission of business is to supply
high quality services which enhances the physical appearance and mental relaxation of people. The Shades
will offer its clients a very pleasant and intriguing environment. Focus will be on gaining customer loyalty so
that people can come to the door of The Shades again and again. There will be no compromise with the
quality of cosmetics that will be used. Hair, nails and skincare will be the main area of services. Telephone
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and online booking facility will be given to the customers for their convenience. It is expected that The
Shades will be able to achieve its goals and objectives.
Does your project fall entirely within one of the following categories:
Paper based, involving only documents in
the public domain
No
Laboratory based, not involving human
participants or human tissue samples
No
Practice based not involving human
participants (eg curatorial, practice audit)
No
Compulsory projects in professional practice
(eg Initial Teacher Education)
No
If you have answered YES to any of these questions, no further information regarding your project
is required.
If you have answered NO to all of these questions, you must complete Part 2 of this form
DECLARATION:
I confirm that this project conforms with the Cardiff Met Research Governance Framework
Signature of the applicant: Date:
FOR STUDENT PROJECTS ONLY
Name of supervisor: Date:
Signature of supervisor:
Research Ethics Committee use only
Decision reached: Project approved
Project approved in principle
Decision deferred
Project not approved
Project rejected
Project reference number: Click here to enter text.
Name: Click here to enter text. Date: Click here to enter a date.
Signature:
Details of any conditions upon which approval is dependant:
Click here to enter text.
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PART TWO
A RESEARCH DESIGN
A1 Will you be using an approved protocol in your project? No
A2 If yes, please state the name and code of the approved protocol to be used1
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A3 Describe the research design to be used in your project
In this section, include details (as appropriate) of:
- Research method(s) - Survey technique will be used to collect the primary data from 100 potential
customers. A semi-structured questionnaire will be designed and asked to be filled from the participants.
- Sample and sampling - A Sample size of 100 respondents will be used. All the samples will be selected
on the basis of convenience and random sampling technique.
- Recruitment of participants – Participants will be recruited by using the combination of convenience and
random sampling technique.
- Analytical technique – SPSS software will be used for data evaluation.
If your project does involve the use of an approved protocol, much less detail will be required but you should
indicate which areas of the project are covered by the protocol.
A4 Will the project involve deceptive or covert research? Choose an item.
A5 If yes, give a rationale for the use of deceptive or covert research
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B PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
B1 What previous experience of research involving human participants relevant to this project do you
have?
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B2 Student project only
What previous experience of research involving human participants relevant to this project does your
supervisor have?
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C POTENTIAL RISKS
C1 What potential risks do you foresee?
 Participants may refuse to involve in the survey process due to lack of information.
 They leave the survey process in the middle.
 Lack of content and information can be a potential risk to the research.
 Time is the biggest constraint as research is a very time consuming process.
 Small sample size can also be a big drawback in the process.
C2 How will you deal with the potential risks?
 Effective time management strategies will be used in order to avoid the barrier of time.
 Objectives of the study will be properly communicated to the participants before involving them in
the survey process.
 Sample size can be selected by applying a relevant sampling technique.
 All the data will be collected from valid and authentic sources.
1 An Approved Protocol is one which has been approved by Cardiff Met to be used under supervision of designated members of
staff; a list of approved protocols can be found on the Cardiff Met website here
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When submitting your application you MUST attach a copy of the following:
 All information sheets
 Consent/assent form(s)
Refer to the document Guidelines for obtaining ethics approval for further details on what format these
documents should take.
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