The sustained success of female executives in elite law firms in South Africa

Research project data set for MBA requirement. Interviews and transcripts were employed as data collection methods. The information was obtained from female executives within elite law firms in South Africa. They contain information about their companies and specific practitioners which the researcher agreed to keep confidential and that is the basis on which ethical clearance was obtained. The research report anonymized all participants names. The data and information therein should therefore never be shared with third parties unless specific consent was acquired from the participants themselves. When the data was gathered participants were not advised not to share their names or organisational names. It would therefore be unethical to ever release the recordings publically. As it is possible that the release of this information would be detriment to the interests of the participants.

满足MBA要求的研究项目数据集。数据收集方法采用访谈与转录文本。信息来源于南非顶尖律师事务所的女性高管。其中包含研究人员承诺保密的公司信息及特定从业者相关内容，这也是获得伦理审批（ethical clearance）的基础。研究报告对所有参与者姓名进行了匿名化（anonymized）处理。因此，除非获得参与者本人的明确同意，否则绝不应将其中的数据与信息分享给第三方。数据收集时，未告知参与者需隐瞒其姓名或机构名称。因此，公开发布录音将有违伦理。因为此类信息的发布可能损害参与者的利益。