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The researchers will obtain permission and consent from respondents before conducting the online research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents will not be forced to answer questions and all personal information will remain confidential. The research aims to minimize risks and maximize benefits for participants, who may gain knowledge, have an opportunity to discuss work issues, and help improve the organization. All information collected will be kept strictly confidential and stored securely. The researchers will not provide incentives beyond expressing gratitude to participants.

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Ethical-Considerations

The researchers will obtain permission and consent from respondents before conducting the online research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents will not be forced to answer questions and all personal information will remain confidential. The research aims to minimize risks and maximize benefits for participants, who may gain knowledge, have an opportunity to discuss work issues, and help improve the organization. All information collected will be kept strictly confidential and stored securely. The researchers will not provide incentives beyond expressing gratitude to participants.

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Ethical Considerations

The researchers will firstly ask permission to the respondents before conducting

the research and in this time as it is pandemic, online platforms will be used. The

researchers will not force the respondents to answer the questionnaire and also make

sure that all the personal information of the respondent will be confidential. Protocols

will be followed in conducting the research especially that face to face interviews are

discouraged at this moment because of the pandemic caused by COVID-19.

Risk-Benefit Assessment

To ensure that research risk are minimized and benefits are maximized, the

study observed the following major potential benefits to participants (a) improved

knowledge about themselves and their current conditions at work through personal

reflections or through direct interaction with researcher, (b) comfort in being able to

discuss their situation or problem at work with responsive, objective person, (c)

opportunity to participate in the research (d) pleasure that information provided may be

help others within the organization with similar predicament or problem, (e) satisfaction

that information provided may help the organization under the study improve. Moreover,

the following potential research risk will be eliminated: (a) physical discomfort, boredom,

and fatigue; (b) social harms such as alienation, loss of status and loss of personal

relationship; (c) psychological harm such as fear of loss of privacy, eventual

ramification, discomfort and reluctance to answer some questions being asked, and (d)

loss of time.
Content, Comprehension and Documentation of Informed Consent

Prior to the actual participation to the study, the prospective respondent was

notified about the purpose, procedures and the anticipated potential benefits of the

study, the right to voluntary participation, the right to withdraw and terminate from

participation at any time, the right to withhold information and the confidential nature of

the information and provided full consent to participate. The research did not apply any

form of inducement and pressure to encourage participation in the study. The

researcher will provide consent form to the respondents.

Authorization to Access Private Information

All information necessary to the study to be included in the research instrument,

thus, no authorization to access private information will be needed.

Confidentiality Procedures

All information directly identifiable to the participant will be hold strictly

confidential. It will be protected from unauthorized access, use, alteration, theft or loss.

Information gather will be securely lock in the researchers’ personal cabinet store in a

password protected computer.

The participant may or may not disclose information such as name in the

informed consent form and research instrument. The researcher assigned numeric code
to protect participant who opted to disclose such information from data collection to

presentation and/or publication of results. The research information will be reported in

aggregate.

The researchers included statement of confidentiality in the informed consent

form to assure that participants’ indent is duly protected during the research. All

information gathered as well as the research instruments will be shredded and

computer files will be deleted completely by the researchers themselves.

Debriefing, Communication and Referrals

All information about the research will fully disclose and discuss with the

participant, there is no debriefing and referrals except for communication discussing the

content of the informed consent from to ensure clarity and understanding of the nature

of the research and commitment expected from the participants.

Incentives or Compensation

There were no monetary and non-monetary compensation except for the

researcher’s personal expression of gratitude for participating in the research as well as

a promise to draw credible program that will benefit both the institution and its

employees.
Conflict of Interest

To deter potential compromise in the conduct of the study, the respondents will

strictly choose base on the inclusion and exclusion criteria which will ensure to be

understand prior to the actual participation in the study. All respondents are legal of age

and are capable to decide and give consent.

The researcher has no financial conflicts of interest in the conduct of the study.

The study is personally funded by the researcher as an academic requirement in the

Bachelor in Hotel and Restaurant Management studies which information gather and

results will be objectively use for research purposes only.

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