Ethics Approval Form

Please note that all research projects involving primary data require ethical clearance, see
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/researchethics/policyandprocedures.aspx

For undergraduate business topics, there are generally few, if any, problems in this area. It
is the responsibility of your Seminar Tutor to grant you ethical clearance and you must
ensure that you discuss this with them before you begin to collect any data.

Formal approval is granted by your submission of a completed Ethics Approval Form as an

Appendix to your Research Project. – This form must be signed by your Seminar Tutor.

Students must not commence any primary research involving an approach to research
subjects, e.g. interviews or questionnaire until ethical approval is received (when your
Seminar Tutor signs your form). This means you must aim to clarify your research focus and
methods of data collection as soon as possible and keep your supervisor informed of your
intentions. (You can evaluate literature, begin to design surveys and interview questions and
collect secondary data whilst ethical approval is pending). The ethical approval form must be
submitted with the Research Project. If no form is submitted the research is not authorised
and the assessment cannot be completed.

You cannot undertake primary research which involves NHS patients, staff, data or
premises. Other areas may also present ethical difficulties, e.g. research involving
aerospace/defence organisations, research involving children or other vulnerable groups,
research involving sensitive topics, and research involving nuclear production organisations.
If you have any queries about this, please discuss them in the first instance with your
Seminar Tutor, who may contact the Field co-ordinator or Module Leader.
Business Project Ethics Assessment Form: To be completed and emailed to your Seminar
Tutor for approval. Students should include a signed copy of this – or the sign-off from the
full FREC process - in the appendices of your business project.

Student name: Vu Thi Thu Ha

Student number: 23051656

Student UWE email address: Vu2.Thithuha@live.uwe.ac.u

School: College of Business and Law

Name of Seminar Tutor: Dao Bich Ngoc

Tutor’s email address: Daongoc910@gmail.com

Project title The Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility

Dimensions on Employee Engagement in
the hospitality industry in Ha Noi

Your first question is: “is my research ‘high risk’?”

Please answer these questions:

Does your research involve….? Yes/No

Children No

Other vulnerable groups, including those who lack mental capacity No

Sensitive topics, e.g. sexual behaviour, experience of violence No

Human tissue, such as body parts No

Administrative data which is secured or not publicly available No

Deception of the participants (e.g. Not saying what the research is No

really about)
Accessing sensitive information (e.g. personal or confidential data) No
Potential harm or stress to participants and/or yourself No

Methods which place physical or mental strain on participants No

Potentially sharing data beyond the scope of consent given No

If you have answered ‘yes’ to ANY of the above, your research may be ‘high risk’. You must
discuss this with your Seminar Tutor. If your Seminar Tutor views the research as high risk
you must apply to the Faculty Research Ethics Committee for full ethical approval:
http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/researchethics/applyingforapproval.aspx

If your research is not classed as ‘high risk’ you still should ensure that you have considered
ethical issues, been granted ethical approval by your Seminar Tutor, and conducted your
research appropriately.
 CHECKLIST QUESTIONS Y/N Please explain what
you will do.
1. Will you inform participants about the nature and Yes
purpose of the research and how data will be used?
2. Will participants be clearly asked to give consent to Yes
take part in the research?
3. Can participants withdraw themselves and their data Yes
from the research project at any time if they choose?
Are they told this?
4. Are measures in place to provide confidentiality for Yes
participants?
5. Have you ensured secure management of data, (e.g. Yes
ideally stored only on UWE computers with
passwords)?
6. Is it clear to participants for how long their data will Yes
be kept, and that it will be destroyed after that time?

If you have answered ‘no’ to any of these questions please work with your Seminar Tutor to
amend your research design.

Signature of applicant Date

19/12/2023

Signature of Seminar Tutor Date