Participation is completely voluntary. If you agree to participate, you can always change your mind and withdraw. There are no negative consequences, whatever you decide.

This research study will help us measure compassion within organizations. The survey questions will take approximately six minutes for you to complete.  There are minimal risks, such as online data being hacked or intercepted: this is a risk you experience any time you provide information online. We are using a secure system to collect this data, but we can’t completely eliminate this risk. Another potential risk would be breach of confidentiality: there is a chance your data could be seen by someone who shouldn’t have access to it. We’re minimizing this risk by not collecting identifying information for the research. Anonymous data will be downloaded to a password-protected digital file for statistical analyses accessible only to the research team. We (the researchers) will have access to the coded responses from the surveys. This is so we can analyze the data and conduct the study. We may share our findings in publications or presentations. If we do, the results will be aggregate (grouped) data.

For questions about the research, contact Cynthia Schmahl, schmahlc@lakeland.edu

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