Discussion 2
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DISCUSSION2.docxDISCUSSION 1
Your targeted sample
The researcher’s targeted sample will consist a nonprofit located in the Colorado Springs, CO area. It will consist of 15-20 employees that have been with the company for a minimum of three years. This may be the targeted sample but the study also limited to Leadership Pikes Peak.
The anticipated risks from the subject's perspective
There are many anticipated risk, some include physical, psychological, social, and legal risks. Physically, the subjects may feel like they will be retaliated against if they speak up. Psychologically and socially, their minds may begin to play tricks on their minds. The also may feel like they will be isolated for doing the same. Legally, they may feel like they will be called to testify, or that they may get someone fired.
Your strategies for minimizing the risks to your subjects
In the hopes of providing fair and equal treatment to every interviewee that has chosen to take part in this research study, the researcher has devised a list of unbiased questions for the participants. The questions will be submitted to the Chair, then to the Review Board, and after making the appropriate corrections they will then be sent to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Upon IRB approval, the questions will become the official questions for the study. The interviewees will be asked the questions during their individual interviews thus enhancing the integrity of the questions.
The interviewees names and any information that would allow them to be identified by their employee will only be disclosed to the Chair. It will be completely omitted from the final report and the official dissertation. The employee will not know which employee said what. To minimize the other risk that may be present themselves, the researcher will ensure that the interviewees sign a consent form that addresses each issue that may arise.
Provide your rationale
The rationale for picking the topic is based upon the lack of available information on Ethical leadership within the nonprofit sector. There is so much data on non-profits but it is limited in the ethical arena. The researcher seeks to add to the Body of Knowledge and to identify pitfalls within the current non-profit sector. This research will become material of value to current and future ethical training within the industry.
YOUR REPLY TO ABOVE DISCUSSION, please answer below Questions.
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Targeted Sample
The target population would be the project managers who are working at Children Hospital in Denver. There would not be any selective race, age, and gender involved in this research. Their experience would be the main importance of this study to provide the fixes in the logistics business within Children's Hospital.
The anticipated risks from the subject's perspective
As a researcher, it is not all about collecting data to get a done dissertation. I must take into an account in the process of my research that my participants' rights to privacy should be respected and fulfilled. There are various anticipated risks from the subject's perspective. In other words, as a researcher, I should be very careful with all the data that I have collected involving my target population, and that I should not put them at risk in any capacity. "It is important that the idea of research is safe, participants will be voluntary, the benefits will outweigh the risk, and that confidentiality and anonymity will be protected (Perspective of Qualitative Research Methods)."
There are many anticipated risks from the subject's perspective. However, I will be addressing two examples of the risks involving their privacy. Example #1, Technology has its disadvantages when it comes to entering sensitive information and it could be stolen and misused. Price (2014) mentioned and explained about a data breach from another article. It states, "A data breach results when a user intentionally or accidentally accesses data, discloses data contents, or alters data from the original form without authorization (Cereola & Cereola, 2011; Hong, 2012)." I must protect my participants' privacy on the computer from hackers who have ways of getting into other people's computers and taking their information, etc. (Practical Research: Planning and Design). So, it is very pertinent that I make every effort on my end to protect my participants' identity and information pertaining to them. Example #2, Participants' information should not be shared with anyone and not even with people on their job without their permission. "Clearly, we need to respect the privacy of individuals whose data are used in research (Davies, C., & Collins, R., 2006)."
Strategies for minimizing the risks to your subjects
For me to minimize the risk of the participants' privacy, I would reference their identities as numbers for each participant in which I would be the only one who would know who is who so to speak, and provide the code and numbers to their information in the computer. This will prevent the participants' identities and their personal information to be traced to them and their job, etc., and to prevent damage in any way (Practical Research: Planning and Design).
Participants must give me permission in writing if they want their information shared. If permission was not granted by the participants, then I would not share their information in any shape or form, such as written and verbally (Practical Research: Planning and Design).
Rationale
Since I will be conducting my research on project managers at Children's Hospital in Denver, it is very vital to gain and apply knowledge in protecting my participants' rights of privacy at Children's Hospital in Denver, and everything else involved to avoid any mishaps.
References
Cereola, S. J., & Cereola, R. J. (2011). Breach of data at TJX: An instructional case used to study COSO and COBIT, with a focus on computer controls, information security, and privacy legislation. Issues in Accounting Education, 26, 521-545. doi:10.2308/iace-50031 Chang
Davies, C., & Collins, R. (2006). Balancing potential risks and benefits of using confidential data. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 333(7563), 349. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.333.7563.349
Hong, J. (2012). Protecting against data breaches; Living with mistakes. Communications
Price, J. D. (2014). Reducing the risk of a data breach using effective compliance programs (Order No. 3619214). Available from ABI/INFORM Collection. (1536438339). Retrieved from https://proxy.cecybrary.com/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1536438339?accountid=144789
YOUR REPLY TO ABOVE DISCUSSION, please answer below Questions.
· What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
· What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
· What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
· What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?
