management is fully committed to maintaining high ethical standards across every stage of the publication process. While the journal is not currently a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), it fully embraces and adheres to the core principles and best practices outlined by COPE. All participants in the editorial process, including authors, editors, and peer reviewers, are expected to conduct themselves with honesty, accountability, transparency, and professionalism.

 

Authors must ensure that all submitted work is original, factually accurate, and free from any form of academic misconduct. This includes avoiding plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, duplicate submissions, and redundant publication. All relevant prior work must be properly cited, funding sources clearly acknowledged, and any potential conflicts of interest disclosed. Submission to management confirms that the manuscript is not under review elsewhere and has not been previously published in any form.

 

Editors are entrusted with making independent and objective decisions based solely on the academic merit and relevance of submissions. All manuscripts are treated with strict confidentiality, and editors are expected to maintain a fair and unbiased peer review process. Editors must not use unpublished materials from submitted work in their own research and are responsible for addressing ethical concerns promptly and impartially.

 

Reviewers are central to maintaining the quality of publications in management. They are expected to provide constructive, timely, and balanced feedback, free from personal bias. Reviewers must decline participation if they have a conflict of interest and must treat all manuscripts received for review as confidential documents.

 

As part of its ethical framework, management applies a strict anti-plagiarism policy. All manuscripts are checked using plagiarism detection software before entering the peer review phase. Plagiarism includes copying text, figures, data, or ideas from other sources, published or unpublished, without appropriate credit, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. Confirmed cases of plagiarism may lead to manuscript rejection, article retraction, and notification of the author’s institution or affiliated organization.

 

In the event of suspected ethical violations or research misconduct, the journal will initiate a thorough and fair investigation. When necessary, the editorial office will issue corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern in accordance with international publishing standards.

 

management is dedicated to promoting a culture of academic integrity, responsible publishing, and ethical scholarship, all in service of advancing knowledge and best practices within the management and business research communities.