Institutional Review Board Summary

Once the application and all consent forms have been submitted you have the right to know the phone number of the research ethics board that has approved your research study in case you or your participants have questions concerning the process in the research study. According to the (Veritas IRB, 2016) the research conducted should be to improve the welfare of the human population and that all human subjects can participate regardless of current health conditions or affiliations with a group. The issues that may impact my research studies will be to identify the target area of my research due to the vast amount of areas open to further research. The next step that can impact my research will be determining the research participants that are motivated to participate because of the benefits of the research study. By understanding the process and answering all questions presented the research participants can be assure that integrity, and ethics are always imposed during the research study.

In accordance with federal regulations and Northcentral University, The Institutional Review Board (IRB) has been established to review and evaluate all research proposals, including those designed as dissertations.

The purpose of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to ensure that all human research conducted is in accordance with federal guidelines, any institutions, and most importantly all ethical guidelines are enforced. The IRB is also known as the Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) is a committee assign to review, monitor and type of human research to ensure determined the type of research being proposed and to provide protection to the researcher from any violation of human rights, and safety and dignity to all individuals conducting research. There has been known times there are difficult interactions between the IRB and the investigator assigned to the research review (Fitch,

2005).

The IRB committee is comprised of at least 5 members of the faculty assigned by the Provost of the determined NCU academic school. The researcher must complete an online application and the application must be signed by the principal investigator and faculty sponsor. The Faculty sponsor will forward the application to the IRB. There is a checklist each researcher must attach to the application that include the following items, the protocol, inform consent form from parents or guardians, and any other pertinent research that may support the proposed research study (Northcentral, 2016).

Clinical Trial Transformation Initiative (CITI) has provided information and resources for institutional review for NCU. CITI provides services to institution to help improve the process of clinical research for study conduct and dissertation. CITI provide collaborative, private, and public research. The IRB application can be offered by any institution that is in accordance with federal regulation. Northcentral University office of assessment and institutional research will be reviewing my proposed research. They will be providing training and educational resources that are related to all human subject protections and approving and monitoring all research that involves human researchers.

The IRB process ensures all researchers adhere to the Federal regulations that govern human rights, proper research material deemed to be viable research that does not harm or violate the rights of all human beings. Northcentral University requirements for IRB approval are of the following. As a DBA student all researchers are required to complete all 26 CITI IRB required modules for Northcentral University this is a requirement for IRB approval. Once all course modules are completed the CITI certificate will remain active for 180 days after that the researcher must renew the IRB approval. A dissertation advisor will then be assigned by NCU to provide the assistance needed during the dissertation experience. The CITI certification for Dissertation Committee Chairs for