management maintains strict ethical standards to uphold the integrity of the academic record, foster trust in management scholarship, and ensure proper recognition of intellectual contributions. Authors are required to adhere to responsible research and publication practices. The following actions are considered unethical and unacceptable:

 

1. Data Fabrication and Falsification

• Fabrication refers to inventing research data or results that were never collected or observed.
• Falsification involves manipulating research processes, data, or analysis in a way that misrepresents the findings.

These practices seriously compromise the credibility of research and are strictly prohibited.

 

2. Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes the unacknowledged use of another person’s ideas, text, data, or methods. This includes:

• Copying content from previously published works (including one’s own) without citation.
• Failing to attribute figures, datasets, frameworks, or conceptual models to their original sources.

All submissions must be original. Any reused content must be clearly cited and properly quoted or paraphrased.

 

3. Multiple Submissions

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and inefficient. This practice misuses editorial and peer review resources and may lead to immediate rejection from all involved journals.

 

4. Redundant or Fragmented Publications (“Salami Slicing”)

Authors should not divide a single research effort into multiple minimal publications. Instead, findings should be presented as a unified, comprehensive study. Redundancy dilutes scholarly contribution and may result in rejection.

 

5. Improper Authorship Attribution

All listed authors must meet the following criteria:

• Substantial contribution to the conception, design, data collection, or analysis of the work.
• Involvement in drafting or critically revising the manuscript.
• Final approval of the version to be published.
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

 

Including individuals who did not significantly contribute (“honorary” or “gift” authorship), or omitting contributors, violates publication ethics. All collaborators, including research assistants, students, or technical staff, must be properly credited through authorship or acknowledgments, as appropriate.

 

6. Enforcement and Editorial Action

management employs robust editorial procedures and ethical screening tools, including plagiarism detection software and peer review assessments. In cases of suspected misconduct, the journal may take one or more of the following actions:

• Immediate rejection of the manuscript.
• Retraction of already published articles.
• Notification of the author’s affiliated institution or funding body.
• Banning future submissions from the responsible authors.

Authors are expected to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity throughout the research, writing, and publication process.