The ethics application
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
ISSN: 0951-3574
Article publication date: 23 March 2012
Abstract
Purpose
This poem aims to reflect on the process of preparing a successful ethics application and likens it to facing a giant.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is a poem reflecting on factors that hinder and aid a successful ethics application and emotions that applicants may experience during the process.
Findings
Achieving a successful ethics application requires attention to detail, knowledge of the process and persistence. Accountability falls heavily on the applicant while the committee wants to minimise risk for the university. One can experience a range of emotions during the application process.
Research limitations/implications
While the findings reflect the author's experience they are nevertheless often privately discussed amongst academics.
Originality/value
The paper brings to light issues that ethics applicants experience that are seldom publicly discussed.
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Citation
Daff, L. (2012), "The ethics application", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 25 No. 3, pp. 570-571. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513571211209644
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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