Informed Consent to Participate in Downtown Hiram Revitalization
Survey Online
Thank you for participating in a study of How Small Town Communities Use Entrepreneurship as a Foundation for Development with Assistance from Local Institutions: Downtown Hiram Village Revitalization Project coordinated by Hiram College. The survey should take about 20 minutes.
The purpose of this study is to determine the expectations and motivations for entrepreneurs and businesses. This study will benchmark needs and wants of people at Hiram Village, Hiram College, and Hiram Township to aid in downtown revitalization.
Your rights as a participant will be protected:
1. Participation in the study is completely voluntary. You may stop participating at any point without penalty.
2. You need not answer all of the questions.
3. Your answers will be aggregated with all others.
4. Optionally, you may volunteer to participate in a focus group with other constituents.
5. Materials will be used in the senior capstone work of multiple students as well as faculty scholarly work including: presentations, journal articles, books, or the like.
This project follows ethical guidelines in the use of human subjects and adequately safeguards the subject’s identity, welfare, civil liberties, and rights. These steps will ensure there are no foreseeable risks to your or your institution’s participation in the study. The project is being supervised by Dr. Morgan R. Clevenger, Associate Professor of Management in the Scarborough School of Business & Communication at Hiram College. He may be contacted at clevengerm@hiram.edu or calling 330.569.5776. The Hiram College Institutional Review Board (IRB) has also approved the research. You may contact the Hiram College Institutional Review Board by contacting IRB Chair Dr. Mike Rebold, 11715 Garfield Road, Hiram, OH 44234; by calling 330.569.5365; or by emailing irb@hiram.edu. Other questions or comments may be emailed to BusinessResearch@Hiram.edu.
Terrier Proud,
Levi Willett and McKayla Carpenter, Senior Marketing Majors
Dr. Morgan R. Clevenger, Principal Investigator
