IRB Company Portfolio Analysis - Essay Example

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Application Item 2: Largely not addressed in the previous review. In addition to your current materials explicitly discuss all of the following areas:
What companies do you intend to target?
- Suzano Papel e Celulose, pulp and paper and lumber.
- EBX Group, conglomerate.
- Hypermarcas, conglomerate.
- Brasil Foods, beverage and food.
- Itaúsa (BM&F Bovespa: ITSA3, ITSA4), conglomerate.
- Votorantim (BM&F Bovespa: VCPA3, VCPA4), conglomerate.
- Grupo Schincariol, beverages and food.
- Marfrig, food processing (MRFG3)

Do you have permission from these companies? - YES

If not, you will need permissions and you will need to include the permissions in the IRB portfolio. You cannot just say getting permission is in process. You must already have secured the permissions and share how many and with what companies. -You mention using companies in both Brazil and Spain. You need to also include Spain in the Assurance of Adherence to Governmental Regulations concerning Human Subjects form in the portfolio. (Or if you mean Spanish companies located in Brazil, specify that). - Only Spanish companies located in Brazil are to be included.

How will the participants be contacted about the study? - Three levels of contact shall be designed. The first shall be through the use of official e-mail where the researcher shall contact the General Managers of these companies. Upon receiving a reply from the companies, the researcher shall then follow up with a telephone call to all 8 companies. Where applicable, the researcher shall contact the companies in person to introduce the purpose of the research and the role to be played by the respondents to the managers.

Who will contact the potential participants and in what manner? (in person, via email, via the phone, etc.) Also, if contact will be made at a place of business, via a business email or phone number, permission from that business to ..... Potential participants shall be human resource managers. These will first be contacted through their General Managers, using the official e-mail of the companies. Once the researcher visits the companies in person, the human resource managers shall then be contacted in person and presented with the consent forms, which will contain the purpose of the study, the role of participants, and arrangements made to secure the anonymity, confidentiality, and safety of participants.